Agree or disagree: When men act submissive, women retaliate with criticism?

Answer 1

Wow, first, when we act women eventually respond with criticism. It is their nature. the only way around this is to be in control of your own finances. By doing this they will always need something and thus be less of a critic. Women talk about romance but the truth is that they act on money. By the way, I am sure that you meant to say that you believe in unemotional communication to resolve problems rather than defining yourself as submissive.

Answer 2

men and women have very different gender roles. men tend to, and are most happy, when they are the Bread Winner, the Head of the House, the one who makes the decisions that affect the family as a whole, the one is respected in the house. women tend to, and are most happy, when they are the Care Takers, the Supporter, the Nurturer, head of the Nest. they give their love and support to the husband who is doing his best for the family. there is a definite give and take, and both men and women have certain things they do best, but lack in the other.

when a man becomes "submissive", does not know how to make good decisions, the woman starts to distrust him. she becomes unhappy because her needs are not truly taken care of by a man who knows how. the same thing will happen if a woman becomes too "controlling"; a man will be turned off by that as well. nowadays, when many women are being forced to become the Breadwinner as well as the Caretaker (due to divorce, single mothers, etc), the gender roles become skewed and it becomes harder for men and women to work together again. u have to have a clear view of what u need, and what u want, and what u and ur partner are going to contribute to the relationship. so be proud of being a man, and be proud of being a woman! do things to the best of ur abilities, and allow ur partner to be the best man and woman they can be; that way, all things will work together and u can take care of anything that comes up to test u.

Answer 3

Agree to some extent. Women really want a man who will come in and take control of things for them. Even the most independent women want someone else to take over for them.

I'm not sure the women will all retaliate with criticism. Some will with a passive-aggressive stony silence.

Women resent having to make the decisions that they expect a man to make. They may respond in different ways, but they still resent being put in the decision-maker role.

Answer 4

Generalizations of any kind are dangerous. I can't think of a single topic that is this black and white. It depends on how submissive, if its to the point of pansy then absolutely he'll take crap about it. But if he goes too far the other way it just makes him impossible to deal with and no fun to be around for any length of time. All things in moderation in a realtionship compromise and negotiation are absolutely necessary, lacking it because either partner is too submissive OR too difficult will destroy the relationship just the same.

Answer 5

Not sure how old you are...and hate to bust your bubble..=( But it very rarely works like mentioned in your question..it would be IDEAL if everything was shared and a lot of times in the beginning it is...but it usually doesn't last...as far as submissive don't be a fool...that man of household thing went out the window when the women's lib came in the scene. Can't say I blame the men with the way the women insist on their rights...but it sure would be nice in a 2 person working family that BOTH adults helped out realizing the other is working as they are.

Answer 6

Agree. Women generally prefer a take charge kind of guy. Submission games in bed are one thing, but one the whole, women prefer a man who is not submissive.

Answer 7

Agree. Women want to be respected and they want their men to care if they get upset. The desire for a man to be "sensitive" has been misunderstood. Submissive should not be confused with sensitive. Women generally are happy to be the woman of the house. We want a man that we can respect equally as the man of the house. When women have to be both woman and man of the house... Frankly....it just makes us want to stomp on men's heads.

Answer 8

totally agree even though it pisses me off when you do that. i mean i'll be having a really good point and all and then when it comes time to retort you have no answer. which is just like giving me the damn finger in girl world cause you are telling me nothing. i mean i need to know his opinion whether or not i like it so therefore i can see whether or not he actually uses his brain. the only reason we retaliate with that is just that that is our last weapon to probably get a rise out of you to continue to argue so that we can vent out our frustrations.

Answer 9

I watch submissive men and think.. wow.. I want one of them...lol.. But... I know I could not function with a guy like that.. I depend on my husband to make the decisions, I would be totally lost without his direction. I think AGRESSIVE men are more stable..

Answer 10

Disagree.