Comments on: I’ll take Kansas over Oz http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/11/11/ill-take-kansas-over-oz/ Adventures in Online Dating Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steve http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/11/11/ill-take-kansas-over-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Steve Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:57:39 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/11/11/ill-take-kansas-over-oz/#comment-715 <i> but flying back, I was grateful for American men who from my limited travels to Australia and Europe, do seem the least sexist in the world. (I haven’t spent time in Scandanavia, which seems to get lots of other social/cultural/political stuff right, so perhaps that’s gender Valhalla.) </i> I would not have expected a woman to think that American men are better in that way than European ( continental? ) men. I just have time image of Europeans as being very PC. I found your account how Australian men don't even see their attitudes to be interesting. Though it isn't as bed as the sexism or misogyny ( not always the same thing ) that American men have, I have noticed a myopia among American women in regards to some of their attitudes toward men. To put it crudely, I guess it is a human nature thing....everyone's farts smells but your own. *Sigh* I'm ready for at least a Christmas truce in the battle of the sexes. The few Australian women I have met seemed to be very sweet. I guess now I know why
but flying back, I was grateful for American men who from my limited travels to Australia and Europe, do seem the least sexist in the world. (I haven’t spent time in Scandanavia, which seems to get lots of other social/cultural/political stuff right, so perhaps that’s gender Valhalla.)

I would not have expected a woman to think that American men are better in that way than European ( continental? ) men. I just have time image of Europeans as being very PC.

I found your account how Australian men don’t even see their attitudes to be interesting. Though it isn’t as bed as the sexism or misogyny ( not always the same thing ) that American men have, I have noticed a myopia among American women in regards to some of their attitudes toward men.

To put it crudely, I guess it is a human nature thing….everyone’s farts smells but your own.

*Sigh* I’m ready for at least a Christmas truce in the battle of the sexes.

The few Australian women I have met seemed to be very sweet. I guess now I know why

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