Why is it said that women are the crazy/emotional ones in relationships? Do you believe this?

[Anonymous]

[ChrisMaster69]

It’s stereotypical, really often depends on the culture marrying.

an English lass marrying a say Scottish or Italian etc, the guy is going (generalisation stereotyping) to be the emotional one.

Also specifically with situations where the girl has the better education, it’s often the guy.

then if you have say a lass from Liverpool married to anyone else she will be the firecracker.

a friend of mine is married to a lass from Latin America (pass which country) and she’s like a ticking time bomb at times. Everyone can spot when she’s going to blow, apart from her husband.

The thing is it’s really stereotyping people of both genders, various cultures etc.

Everyone is capable of ticking this box at some point in time, external pressures often play a huge part, followed by friction between the couple.

[Subarugirl]

Hippocrates was the first to coin the term “hysteria” and agreed with his predecessors that this so-called condition — attributable only to women — was due to a “wandering womb,” believed to be caused by sexual inactivity. Recommended cures were, naturally, that women should increase sexual activity within the bounds of marriage. This diagnosis was not founded in science or medical research (though that may seem obvious now), but in gender bias against women and their experience of emotions and the perceived lack of sexual interest.

There is also a societal norms that influence the way that people behave, for example expressing emotions are recognized as a primarily feminine trait even though it's a human trait. Women are not more emotional than men, it's just socially acceptable for them be emotionally vulnerable while that is not the case for men.

[Smashingdoozy]

They also removed the uterus because women acted crazy.

[Subarugirl]

@Smashingdoozy yeah I know

[Smashingdoozy]

I think because we are expected to act and look a certain way we tend to bottle up the little things that bother us. Over time they all add up and we explode because you left a dish in the sink. It may seem crazy, but under it there's a long list of things that have happened over a few weeks that we kept locked away.

Then there's this issue of a lot of men having weponized incompetence. We will express that we would like help with certain things, doing dishes, cleaning the bathroom, making the bed. Some men will purposefully do it wrong, do a bad job, or hardly put in any effort because they know that if they do that we won't ask them again. You aren't always aware that you're doing this, it can be deeply ingrained. This also leads to a lot of women going fucking crazy because it's frankly irritating.

[ChrisMaster69]

@Smashingdoozy lol used to be sooo guilty of the last bit.

My ex would go off it with me over doing the washing (laundry).

She would be like, ‘you can strip down and repair the bloody washing machine, why can’t you simply put clothes in it with Powder and turn a dial?”

I could drive her batshit crazy.

[Hairylegs222]

Depends on the woman. There's a scale I go by. Unstable super emotional craziness down to robot emotionless.

From my experience, one ex in my life was way up there in the cry baby super emotional level. She cried more then anyone I've met in my life. Her way of guilt trips and getting attention. Other ex gfs ranged from normal to very emotional.

Taking into account every woman I've known in my life, yes I'd say majority of women are the more emotional ones in relationships. Crazy though is more uncommon I believe.

[OlderAndWiser]

I think that women respond more quickly and more openly to a change in their emotional state, but men are just as emotional; they simply respond in a different way.

[FriendlyDrugDealer]

That’s the stereotype but they’re not always the “crazy” ones. I’ve seen some dudes go ballistic at the drop of a hat or have some serious emotional issues and immaturity problems; I’m talking about grown men.


People apply stereotypes when there is a lack of any form information to go on regarding people of a particular group.

[Spookydood]

Women are usually quite a bit more emotional, and can be prone to being illogically, hysterically so. Seems to me they're often more emotionally in the thought process. They aren't always the crazy ones though i can tell you that much, I've been in relationships that felt like i was in near psychosis.

[Ninani]

It's said because when a man acts crazy and emotional, he gets dangerous. You can't joke about that, whereas women rarely get to the same level of crazy and are easier for a man to handle than the other way around. Women "get" to be crazy, cause it's less harmful.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Generally, we're more emotional than men are. However, let's not generalize emotional women as "crazy" women.

[Jayplays900]

No, it's just that I'm better at keeping my mouth shut.

I am better at keeping my mouth shut, but it doesn't mean that the male next to me can't.

A girl may not be able to keep her mouth shut, but the other girl next to her may be able to.

It isn't based on gender, it's more of an Individualist Issue.

[hunterzoloman6555]

Omg where to start it's because men there whole life are told be tough crying makes u weak strong men don't cry etc.. basically since the day there born there men are told to show no emotional one to always be the rock the strong one either by adults or by watching the way older people act

[Coulis]

I have no idea. I am here to comment on how massive that guy's hand looks grasping his head. Liiiikkke he's squeezing a peanut. 🥜💪

[Darksign]

Lmao

[NicoletteXO]

I think it depends on the individuals at hand. I’ve seen emotionally messed up women and men.

[Phoenix98]

Because women are just in general more emotional due to heightened estrogen levels, compared to men who have lower levels.

[spartan55]

Apparently you've never been in a relationship if you are asking this.

[Toldol2]

If we are crazy, then why do we exist? It is so easy to label us

[pink_and_inlove]

It could be either or but we women are usually emotional I wouldn’t say crazy though not everyone is crazy

[Andres77]

Women tend to be more emotional but... that's as far as I'm going down this rabbit hole.

[Frypan]

To me yes they just ramble one and one about stuff, but one this is true they mature faster than men statistically still I'm just chilling and they just ramble.

[ChiTown33]

Because generally they are. Lol

[SparklyMop7]

It's because... they are

[Texaskid1]

Because they are.

[WowwGirl]

Have we met?

[Enhaut]

Yeah