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This post on IG irritated me to no end. This woman is sharing an epiphany that amounts to a male chauvinist's wet dream. She realized that she can receive men's most profound internal truths if she shuts up. Apparently engaging in a back and forth conversation hinders men's self-expression so women should silence themselves to encourage male expression. Why bother with a reciprocal conversation when you can have men monologue at you? And why do I have the feeling that these men don't return the favor? I am so annoyed at how much energy we women put into understanding and empathizing with men when we get so little of it in return.
And if she had a tendency to interrupt people in conversation, she is a shitty conversationalist. That is not a female problem. That is a her problem, but, of course, she extrapolates her advice to all women. Misogynistic men must love hearing a woman validate the idea that women need to just shut up and listen.
I mean I kinda get it. If you want to know how a man really feels just let him ramble and he'll eventually tell you what he really thinks and perhaps tell on himself. But I don't think that's what she's trying to say.