What is something you realised that gave you newfound respect for women?

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1. I think this question is far too broad to really answer. Women aren’t a monolith.

   If I narrowed your question to a woman I know personally, marrying my wife gave me a whole new respect for family. I basically have none while she has a football team full of siblings. I really grew to respect how well she can balance all the stress and fun that comes with it. Because it was insanely overwhelming to me.

2. Learning how painful and uncomfortable periods can be. I had a relatively minor surgery where they had to cut into my abdomen, and what I described for my pain level was about a 4 on some of my friend’s and SO’s pain scales.

3. Respect…women?

4. Not really respect but overall understanding.

   Women are ruled by their emotions in a way that men aren’t, they also have a level of common solipsism on a level that is extremely rare in men, when you realise this talking and interacting with women is much easier.

   Also women are driven by body language much more than men, so much that women will actively disguise their communications at a subconscious level e.g women will often appear busy when telling a lie or try to wait until a 3rd party has entered the conversation in order to hide tells that normally only other women pick up on.

   Nothing about respect, just reality.

5. Seeing childbirth first-hand.

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7. Not respect but an understanding.

   Women generally won’t inform the person they are talking to if what they are going to say is venting or asking for some help with a problem.

   This should be disclosed at the beginning of the conversation since that changes how we listen to it.

   If it’s a vent, I will passively listen and say ‘uh huh’ at regular intervals. If it is a problem, I’m already working out possible solutions and adjusting the list with each new piece in intel.

   I feel the frustration might come into play when men default to passive listening to everything she says. She might also get frustrated at him when he ‘fixes’ things she vented about unaware that isn’t what she intended.

8. That they own 100% of the pussy.

9. Nothing.

   I already respected them.

   Whenever I see a question this broad I tend to check the OPs profile to see previous posts, how long they’ve been on the platform and karma points.

   Yeah, this seems to be one of “those” types of questions.