Girls cry says Nobel Prize winning British scientist

[Argus]

I saw a woman cry yesterday at work. Is this common?

I saw a lot of women crying at the office when I worked for the government. Most of the women I knew there cried at one point or another in front of me. I suppose its sexist to say women tend to get more emotional than men?

Edited June 11, 2015 by Argus

[Freddy]

I saw a lot of women crying at the office when I worked for the government. Most of the women I knew cried at one point or another. I suppose its sexist to say women tend to get more emotional than men?

So I've been told. But I think their mostly in denial

[Argus]

Coming from Snoop, that's a tremendous compliment! Completely different from calling for separate-- but equal, no doubt-- labs for female scientists. What's next? Separate-- but equal-- water-fountains for black people?

-k

There's nothing I can find which says he actually made any suggestion of changes in the current staffing of labs. From what he has said since he made the comment as a sort of light-hearted and ironic comment. And the guy is a nobel laureate, which puts him about several thousand shades more useful to the universe than an arrogant scumbwad rapper.

[Argus]

So I've been told. But I think their mostly in denial

I think every single woman I've ever known has been more visibly emotional than every single man I've ever known.

[Bryan]

Again: in your example, someone would literally have had to cry for his point to be validated. Your initial point was, and remains, completely lazy and off the mark.

Do we need to take up a collection so you can buy a dictionary?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cry

verb (used without object), cried, crying.

1.

to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, orsuffering, usually with tears.

2.

to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.

3.

to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).

4.

to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition:

The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.

5.

to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp;bark.

6.

(of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following ascent.

7.

(of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.

verb (used with object), cried, crying.

8.

to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.

9.

to announce publicly as for sale; advertise:

to cry one's wares.

10.

to beg or plead for; implore:

to cry mercy.

11.

to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping:

The infant cried itself to sleep.

noun, plural cries.

12.

the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; ashout, scream, or wail.

13.

clamor; outcry.

14.

a fit of weeping:

to have a good cry.

15.

the utterance or call of an animal.

16.

a political or party slogan.

17.

battle cry.

18.

an oral proclamation or announcement.

[Black Dog]

Do we need to take up a collection so you can buy a dictionary?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cry

Sure. That's what he meant.

[Black Dog]

I saw a lot of women crying at the office when I worked for the government. Most of the women I knew there cried at one point or another in front of me. I suppose its sexist to say women tend to get more emotional than men?

I'd say men are socially conditioned to keep their emotional reactions hidden or given a more limited range of ways to express emotions (pretty much just anger). In other words: it depends on the circumstances, the emotion in question and, of course, what we mean by "emotional" anyway.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Black Dog

[Freddy]

I think every single woman I've ever known has been more visibly emotional than every single man I've ever known.

I read in a National Geographic that it's part of a women, "estrogen package deal" to help with the difficulty of caring for a new born.

More emotional would equate loving her child faster. And that would help with the chances of survival of the baby.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Freddy

[Black Dog]

I read in a National Geographic that it's part of a women, "estrogen package deal" to help with the difficulty of caring for a new born.

More emotional would equate loving her child faster. And that would help with the chances of survival of the baby.

So when a man gets mad and yells at an underling or colleague, that's not considered "getting emotional?"

Edited June 11, 2015 by Black Dog

[Freddy]

So when a man gets mad and yells at an underling or colleague, that's not considered "getting emotional?"

Aggressive emotions are stimulated by testosterone.

[Black Dog]

Aggressive emotions are stimulated by testosterone.

If true (which I doubt), so what? It's still an emotional expression.

[Freddy]

If true (which I doubt), so what? It's still an emotional expression.

You sure put a lot of effort into living in denial.

[Black Dog]

You sure put a lot of effort into living in denial.

And you make being incoherent look so effortless.

[Hal 9000]

Ok, I'm having trouble recognizing the appropriate outrage.

Are we supposed to buy in that women don't cry at work? Are we saying "yes" women cry but it's a man's fault? Are we trying to talk ourselves into believing that women do cry, but men are worse?

What is the socially engineered angle we're striving for?

[Black Dog]

Ok, I'm having trouble recognizing the appropriate outrage.

Are we supposed to buy in that women don't cry at work? Are we saying "yes" women cry but it's a man's fault? Are we trying to talk ourselves into believing that women do cry, but men are worse?

What is the socially engineered angle we're striving for?

So you don't actually know what we're talking about? Cool.

[Bonam]

What is the socially engineered angle we're striving for?

The socially engineered angle we're striving for is universal agreement on the point that any white male that makes any statement that does not meet all the latest (changing every day) requirements for "sensitivity" to "minority" (hah) groups like women should be summarily fired from their jobs and ostracized from society.

[Hal 9000]

So you don't actually know what we're talking about? Cool.

I do, I just don't know why we care!

[Hal 9000]

The socially engineered angle we're striving for is universal agreement on the point that any white male that makes any statement that does not meet all the latest (changing every day) requirements for "sensitivity" to "minority" (hah) groups like women should be summarily fired from their jobs and ostracized from society.

Oh, I guess I shoulda known! I usually need WCR to show up and tell us how shitty men are before knowing for sure.

[Black Dog]

The socially engineered angle we're striving for is universal agreement on the point that any white male that makes any statement that does not meet all the latest (changing every day) requirements for "sensitivity" to "minority" (hah) groups like women should be summarily fired from their jobs and ostracized from society.

*wanking motion*

I do, I just don't know why we care!

No one says you have to.

[Hal 9000]

*wanking motion*

No one says you have to.

Do you care? If so, why?

[Je suis Omar]

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

One of the most ignorant putzes to ever walk the planet points to others as "ignorant". Hilarious.

[Hal 9000]

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

One of the most ignorant putzes to ever walk the planet points to others as "ignorant". Hilarious.

How many times are you gonna try and bait me with this? Look, I see your posts and (like most others here) couldn't give a shit what you say or think.

[cybercoma]

The socially engineered angle we're striving for is universal agreement on the point that any white male that makes any statement that does not meet all the latest (changing every day) requirements for "sensitivity" to "minority" (hah) groups like women should be summarily fired from their jobs and ostracized from society.

Or, you know, people in charge of labs shouldn't be making ridiculous sexist remarks about their employees.

[Hal 9000]

Or, you know, people in charge of labs shouldn't be making ridiculous sexist remarks about their employees.

You obviously don't know the context behind what or why he made those comments.

[WestCoastRunner]

Oh, I guess I shoulda known! I usually need WCR to show up and tell us how shitty men are before knowing for sure.

I rather enjoy men actually and enjoy being in their company.