Impulse Control

I have been told that I have impulse control problems.

I have a tendency to put in my two cents in for every little issue that passes me by, whether it was asked for or not. My mother has always told me I need to learn to “let things go.” I do my best to just keep my mouth shut and let things slide, but sometimes I just can’t. So imagine my struggle to control my raging anger impulses when my friend sent me the link to a group on the social networking site “Facebook” entitled, “102 Things Girls need to know about Guys!” in response to another “Facebook” group entitled “102 Things Guys should know about Girls!”

Let me just say, I find both groups ridiculous. The group made by girls, to start. Of course all women have the occasional prince charming fantasy, and rightfully so! It is perfectly reasonable to expect some chivalrous, polite men every once and a while. However, there is a fine line between expected chivalrous acts and high maintenance, primitive demands, and this group crosses it. These high maintenance demands make it seem as if men should serve women at any costs. That is not what feminism is about! I don’t know about all of you, but that goes against everything I have believed in and fight for, which is equality. A good relationship is a PARTNERSHIP, not a one-way employment. At the risk of sounding cliché, its about loving one another unconditionally and equally, making sacrifices for each other and working through problems that you both may have.

Now, the men’s group. At least the women’s group had romantic, fairytale-like intentions. This group has no other message or desire other than purely misogynistic, woman-hating, abusive feelings and it repulses me to an unhealthy degree.  They make ridiculous claims such as “1. Women are for three things: Cooking, cleaning, and pleasuring,” “9. If you think you're smart it's not cute, it's really fucking annoying. Seriously what a joke. A smart girl? No way.” and my personal favorite: “13. The term rape implies that a woman's consent matters. Obviously it does not matter so rape does not exist.”

And that’s not even the worst of it, the statements get much more misogynistic and sadistic. I can’t even to begin to explain how angry they made me. But once again, my mother told me to just “let it go,” and “don’t indulge them.” And did I listen like a good little girl? HA! No, I decided to write an article and spread the word about this disgusting group, as well as write several comments questioning the size of their sexual organs…but we can disregard that part. So my question is ladies, when is it ok to just let it go? Is it ever?

Also - join the group I Hate the "102 Things Girls Really Need To Know About Guys!" Group. They think it's sexist, too.