Sep 10 2022
What I learned about men by posting a ‘For Sale’ ad on Kijiji
The ad said $100. Men offered $70, $80, $90. Every woman who replied to the ad accepted the stated price.
The ad indicated my location, implying pick-up. Men asked whether I’d deliver it (all or part of the way) or simply said my location was too far away. The closest a woman got to that kind of response was ‘Are you ever in North Bay?’ (And the woman who bought it drove the distance deemed by several men to be ‘too far’.)
The ad said nothing about disassembling the item. Men asked whether I would do that (so they could more easily fit it in their vehicle). No woman asked for that.
So. Does this mean that …
Men are more assertive than women?
Men are more demanding that women?
Men feel more entitled (to whatever it is they want) (and maybe even to things they don’t want) (just because) than women?
Men themselves use language loosely (they seldom mean what they say or say what they mean) and so assume others do as well?
So if $100 could mean $70, then $30,000/year could mean $35,000 and ‘no benefits’ could mean ‘Okay, a dental plan’.
And ‘No’ could mean ‘Yes.’
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