I like this one much better:

There's more to it than that. I've been married twice, and I think this "mind-reading" business, combined with the fact that I am a true introvert, may have been part of why the second marriage failed. It's not so much that we women feel we are the center of the world than it is that we have been socialized not to ask…

Women are told from birth to not be confrontational and not speak their minds. Niceness and gentility are valued above all else. Nobody wants to employ/be friends with/marry a bitch, right? So in situations where women get upset, it goes against everything they've been taught to actually voice that frustration and say…

The example in the article itself is appalling. Woman is sick, baby is crying, and guy is like, "I'm going to leave, bye."

I've said it below but I'll say it again: if your partner can't figure out that you need him to stick around when you and your child are both vomiting, and thinks a bike ride for leisure is ok when confronted with that situation, you've procreated with the wrong guy.

I agree - women are conditioned to handle everything and I think the "mind reading" is coming from our hope against hope that maybe our husbands will see our frustration, because we would see theirs. I think women are also conditioned to think that we nag too much - we bring our issues up, we're nagging. We don't,…

This is exactly how I feel about this stuff. I shouldn't HAVE to tell you to clean up after yourself. You're an adult. Saying something makes me feel shitty, and judging by the response, makes the other party feel shitty too. But what do you do? Just leave it, or do it yourself. If you just leave it, you have to deal…

I think the fact that women have to deal with potentially dangerous situations from a very young age on (harassment, cat calling, walking home alone in the evening while having a vagina etc) plays a part in this as well. They learn very early how to tell when other people, particularly men, are angry or tense or…

I've noticed that "I'm not a mind reader" is the battle cry of bad listeners. I've been in situations where I've been accused of this and contrary to the other person's belief, I really did make myself clear. After awile, you just want to fight a brick wall with a brick wall.

My problem with the "I can't read your mind" issue is that when it's about regular life stuff, communicating it makes me feel like my partner's mom and/or a nag (and we all know women who don't expect their mind's to be read get accused of this). If I need to constantly ask you to take out the trash, help me with the…

Maybe it's not about you. I hate to ask for help because I was raised to believe that I should be able to do everything if only I am smart enough, capable enough, motivated enough, etc. So it feels like failure to have to ask. It has nothing to do with my partner, but it has a lot to do with the values and standards I…

I absolutely support the right to have a home birth with the provider of your choice, but I do think that "trained professional" glosses over the fact that there are legitimate concerns about the organizations that certify direct entry midwives. I think that along with the right to choose their model of care, people…

Because this is obviously a totally black and white case of modern medicine versus midwives? Or is it a case of more stupid moms versus education? Because we breeders are just a bunch of ignorant dumdums, right?

"We are broken-hearted and we anticipate that we will continue to live in pain"

My actual, honest-to-god verbal reaction to your post: "OMIGOD DID SOMEONE JUST EMBED 'TOO MANY DICKS ON THE DANCE FLOOR'!? THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME OMG YES!!!" And totally appropriate. I wish more premium cable shows would listen to Bret and Jemaine's advice about how it ain't no good if there's too much wood.

Also I only started watching this show because I have been a life long Lovecraft Devotee, which led me to "The King in Yellow" and I thought they might be able to do something actually interesting. So far it's just a bunch of dudes grumbling and an intro shot over lady ass silhouettes. BORED. SO BORED. So bored I…

I was arguing with some guys about, basically, whether or not the female characters "deserved" to have depth. They were saying that the show is about the Male POV (yeah, no shit, guys) and that the narrow male filter proceeds at the expense of the female characters. "It's just how men are." I was trying to tell them…

Am I the only person that thinks this show is just not that great? My boyfriend and I have been trying to get into it. All of our friends adore it. I just don't get it. I find the writing to be mediocre and some of the acting downright awful. It's just all trying a little too hard for me. And I hate that the women…

I've never watched it, but was reacting to the articles and what they were saying. In any case, I wouldn't walk away in disgust if I was over at someone's house and they wanted to watch, but I'm more interested in shows that center womens' experiences right now.

I think part of the show's problem is that it seems like it's making deliberate points about masculinity and the disposability of women, but I can't tell if it's just being really subtle about it or if I'm just seeing what I want to see. Like, for example, in the most recent episode, we see Marty buying a ridiculous…