About Men

Not hating just saying.

Don’t give yourselves too much credit, sometimes women do talk about you because you are cute, or handsome but more often than not just because you are plain idiots, not everyone of course, so don't all start complaining. But seriously some guys are just so annoyingly plain and idiotic that is surprising how much egocentrism fits in one person.
Anyway I wasn’t planning on criticizing that aspect as of yet.
So…
I don’t know if it’s just me, but lately I’ve been noticing more how dominant male want to be, maybe unconsciously, maybe not, but there are some subtle unnecessary gestures that frankly are bothersome. They may not even be dominance gesture, but they do seem to be so. No, it’s not the same being a gentleman who offers help to a lady, than being a show-off who needs to demonstrates that you are a man who “can do” whatever female “cannot” (by the way, there aren’t that many things women can't do, you know)
I have a question, what is it with men and liking the “A Whole New World” song from Aladdin, just for the sentence “don’t you dare close your eyes"? And not even the whole song just until that one sentence comes. And what is it about that phrase that encourage guys to sing it in an aggressive domestic-violence kind of tone? You do know is more like an invitation to be open to an adventure and adrenaline rush, right?
Aladdin is one of the few (or the only) male character that is not a prince, who gets the princess and beats the bad guy with his own wit instead of resorting to the help of magic (yes, he did get help from the genie, but not when he was fighting Jafar), so I kind of understand male liking him better that prince charming ( I like him better too), my guess is that he is more significant for male than any other kind of fictional character in children movies. Still I don’t get why add the aggressiveness to the song? He is trying to court her, catch her attention, be adventurous, since he knows she likes that. In any case Aladdin’s character would be compare more to a trickster. Tricksters don't use violence they lie; he tells her don’t close your eyes for this adventure (for us), don’t miss this opportunity, something like 'enter this relationship (a whole new world) with open eyes aware of what is included'; which is ironic since he is actually lying and therefore blinding her from the “new world.”
Another thing, what "whole new world"? He had the advantages of a prince and thus she would still be living like a princess? If it is just "love" they are suggesting, yes love changes people's perspectives, and so “don’t you dare close your eyes" is just asking for a change to be together, again no need for aggressive behavior.
In any case Mulan "I'll make a man out of you" is more fit to that tone.


Anyway I got way off topic and forgot what I actually wanted to write. Maybe next time.

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