AIBU ...........my son, 19, thinks women should never be in a position of power because of their periods

[BlueBirdsNest]

do women having periods make them less capable

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*I am interested in what you mean when you say you have brought him up to be accepting?

how does this statement relate to his views of women?
you've brought him up to be accepting of women?????

what kind of man is his dad?

really worrying that his female friends think this of themselves
did you put them straight?*

bluebirds

but still-live and let live?
Do you mean with regards to women?

I am not understanding how being accepting/ having a 'live and let live' approach to life, relates to his attitude towards women?

*Yes, one foolish and sexist comment like this does make someone a dick imo.

He is 19. An adult. He is not a child. And yes he is a tosser.*

errm no he isn't ......any wonder why young men think women can be hormonal with comments like this

not a tosser that is .

or sexist

i think you are right Aradia

I'm afraid he is a bit of a tosser and definitely sexist and judging by your posts OP, it's your fault.

I too would be gutted if my ds grows up with opinions like this.

Of course 19 is an adult. If he is serious he is indeed a dick.

Him and his friends sound a bit thick to be honest.

any wonder why young men think women can be hormonal with comments like this

Any wonder that he thinks like this when he has a mummy who tells him that his ignorant views are someone else's fault?

Get him to read this book - the author is a neuroscientist and ex-trader who has studied the effect of testosterone on male traders and come to the conclusion that the boom and bust cycles could potentially be avoided if there were more women and older male traders who have a less knee-jerk reaction to taking risk - because they are less susceptible to the daily cycle of testosterone young men are.

www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dee2e528-6ea7-11e1-b1b2-00144feab49a.html#axzz22o1GCwLv

www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/13/testosterone-financial-crisis

The links above summarise the thesis of the book.

Then ask him which gender is disproportionately represented amongst violent criminal offenders, genocidal dictators etc.

I'd much rather have a monthly hormonal cycle which I am aware of (and has obvious signals) than be subject to a daily hormonal cycle that I'm completely unaware of.

You're a man aren't you? Or a bored teenage lad.

Because no right thinking intelligent woman would seriously consider any truth to this whatsoever, then look back on history at the many fantastic high acheiving women out there.

And if you aren't then you need to educate your adult son and his equally clueless friends.

limitedperiodonly, Getorf, sorry but I disagree. One foolish sexist comment does not make someone a dick, or a tosser. If it is explained to them why it's foolish and sexist, and they refuse to alter their position, then they are dick. Making a foolish comment just means someone is foolish, mislead or uneducated. I still think name calling is out of order and unhelpful.

OP, what did you say to him after he came out with that?

May I point out to your son that theres a great many men in positions of power who haven't exactly covered themselves in glory. And a late number who greatly fucked it up for the rest of us. What would he suggest their excuse is??

lol @

OP, he is 19! He is undoubtedly leaping about with glee at the success of his wind-up-mummy game. Either that or it's the other teenage trick of having to go through a stage of disagreeing with everything your parents think. He'll grow out of it if his foundations are good and I'm sure they are.

It's a good thing that he's not in charge of anything then, or making any decisions that impact on others. Hopefully joining the real world will open his eyes and broaden his mind.
All those PMT jokes on FB, and the ones that women make themselves are just jokes. Otherwise we'd have regular killing sprees of men by women whose control had snapped. Every month.

I am shocked by your son, by even more shocked that his female friends agree.

Do they have any ambitions and dreams beyond homemaking?

MrsMagoBiscuit we talked about mysonogy , feminists , the inequality between the sexes even in this day and age.

His views are his own though and nowt to do with me a shit mum

@pipparabbit , that worries me too , his female friends all seem to agree 'A women should not be in a position of power because they get 'mental' one week a month.

I'm more worried that young girls are thinking this way

Wind up mummy game

OK it was horrible of me to call him a tosser.

But I am not hormonal. If you go round explaining his knuckleheadedness by saying 'no wonder he thinks women hormonal' it is pretty evident where his thoughts come from.

I am sitting here with my 19 year old son.

I read him the Op. He said he is surprised that any of his peers, other than deeply stupid ones, would hold such an opinion.
He roared with laughter when I asked if any of his female friends would concur if he expressed such a view. He said they would be more likely to have his bollocks for earrings.

He thinks it is pretty tragic and wonders about how this young man was brought up if he holds such ridiculous and cliche views. He also thought the red button bit was funny.

He thinks the ops son should get to know some other woman - a woman who thinks periods makes women flakey or unstable must be very odd to happily denigrate her whole sex with views a bad comic from the 70s would chose to get a cheap laugh.

He thinks it's actually a bit depressing.

oh my GOD at a comedian from the 90s being thought of as old fashioned.

My dd says stuff like 'mum that top is a bit 90s' and it makes me jump. To me the 90s are 5 minutes ago and all modern.

Pagwatch - thank.god for that! Its not the general view of 19 year old men and women then!

to fair his girlfriend does make a bit of song and dance about her period .....

mum that top is a bit 90s

That's nothing.

I have a 19-year-old top I still wear. It's quite bright.

they all sound a bit fick, to be honest OP