over one third of men would never help a woman struggling with a baby buggy on stairs

[grahamhgreen]

214. Well, it's not that they're all needy for ego stroking, many men have so been hurt or abused

or while expressing a genuine desire to help a woman that they can't bring themselves to do it any more. Not me, I don't give a fuck and will always help anybody. I find overreacting women to be quite funny, lol. But some men have been hurt very badly by women and as a man I can understand where they are coming from.

But really, I hate to say this but I find American women to be particularly aggressive and overly masculinized for the most part. I appreciate women who can express their femininity freely, and don't try to compete with men as a male. And I think you're right that American men have become overly feminized and emotional, and need to understand that women are often overly emotional too, and can fly off the handle just at the subtext being expressed in an interaction (such as when a man might want to help but does find the woman attractive).

But I'm glad that you understand that if a woman needs help from a man, she need just ask