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Dear Man: So what did they tell you?
Dear Woman: They told me that women are beautiful, but very emotional. What did they tell you?
Dear Man: I was told that men are handsome and strong.
Dear Woman: Well, since “beautiful” and “handsome” are literally in the eye of the beholder, that leaves emotional and strong.
Dear Man: That it does. And what do those two words mean?
Dear Woman: Well, emotional means having lots of feelings.
Dear Man: And for simplicity, strong means having lots of muscles.
Dear Woman: So I guess the thought is, when feelings are needed, women are handy and in everything else, men have the edge because they can lift the weights.
Dear Man: Here’s my question–can anybody achieve anything without emotion? Can the football team win the national championship without great feelings and energy to propel them?
Dear Woman: And can anything be accomplished as a human being without utilizing strength? For instance, can a woman actually go through the difficulty of puberty, struggles in the economy, birthing and raising children–without possessing tremendous physical fortitude?
Dear Man: Of course not. But we’re led to believe that I’m emotional and you are strong. So if you decide I’m overly emotional, you can just beat the crap out of me.
Dear Woman: Well, I personally wouldn’t do that…
Dear Man: I know that. But deep in the recesses of your primeval brain is the notion that you could take me down.
Dear Woman: And equally deep in your evolution is the information that you may only be able to get what you want by crying and expressing your feelings.
Dear Man: So what’s the truth?
Dear Woman: Well, that’s easy. None of us can live without emotion and strength. To be a human being, you must know how to tap your emotions, and be able to be strong in the hour of trial.
Dear Man: Exactly. So maybe the problem is the words we use.
Dear Woman: I’m listening.
Dear Man: What I mean is that emotion without purpose and direction is useless. If you add purpose it becomes passion.
Dear Woman: And strength without the willingness to include endurance is just macho energy because it doesn’t hang in there and last to the end. So what I’m saying is that an emotional and strong football team doesn’t win the game.
Dear Man: No, it’s a passionate team–one with great endurance–that lasts through the fourth quarter and takes the day.
Dear Woman: Do you realize, there’s no Bible for the boys and another for the girls. There’s no Constitution for the men and another one for women. In our higher forms of reasoning, we already understand that we need to be human beings and not just genders.
Dear Man: Well said. So maybe the best thing we can do is teach our children–and maybe ourselves–that women are not emotional and men strong, but instead, that human beings are learning to use their passion with endurance.
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