Would you say it's true or false that women usually can't handle criticism especially when it's coming from men?

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I hope no one takes this as me throwing shades at women or personally attacking anyone but just figured this would be an interesting question to ask and have a poll for based on my observations of both men and women. I have noticed that a lot of women often get heated and take it very personally whenever they receive any slightest criticism from a man, based on my own observations.

AmandaYVR · Accepted Answer

I don't have a solid sense of the answer to this, but I think it's an interesting and valid q.

I have had many chats with my husband about people, society, the different genders, etc. He is now management at a large company, and has tons of experience managing people. Some of his observations are disappointing but insightful.

Men seem less afraid of being wrong, being bold, 'embarrassing' themselves. I think they grow up being constantly tested, prodded, and it makes them develop a thicker skin. Even their own friends and parents expect them to 'toughen up', get up when they fall, etc. But boys are biologically built to be risk-takers more.

It seems that today we are heading down a very negative trendline where people are even less secure with themselves, and young females are being more adversely affected by their time on the internet and social media. Female suicide rates and depression and anxiety disorders have shot up at a higher rate than males.

What surprises me more, though, is how feisty and combative a lot of young females have become. Why all the fighting, arguing online, etc? Is it because they feel emboldened? By what? And more safe to voice their opinions online, particularly on a site like gag, where their identities are hidden, and they can go full tilt and anon any comment.

At my husband's work, the females speak up much less. But when they have to make presentations, the females will challenge the other females. They stay quiet with the men, not challenging them. The older and more senior in experience females will challenge the juniors. They also go to management, HR, and air the dirty laundry (and their valid criticisms), but the difference with females is they 'go to the authorities' whereas men tend to 'go to the mattresses' (Godfather ref.) You understand? Men fight for themselves. Women look for the protection of others.

I'm not sure if any or all of this is related, but I/we do wonder if females are, just generally, more ego-fragile. But to be fair, many men postulate and create a false facade, and bravado ('fake it til you make it' sort of thing, also). Men have always lived in a dog-eat-dog world. I think women are struggling more with this new paradigm of self-sufficiency, work stress, etc.

But what does seem to be true is that females are less likely to take accountability in emotional contexts. They feel hurt, or indignant, and conclude that others are wrong, have wronged them. There is this situation that occurs often, where men have to apologize to their women, because he is told he is wrong. I used to think that was valid, honestly. But now I have seen a lot of moral posturing, and manipulation, and women not taking accountability on those contexts seems to be rampant. If that's the case, then maybe your hypothesis is accurate.

I can tell you that females get offended much, much easier, and that is not specific to coming from men. They get mad at us females, too. And men tend to get over things easier, and even when they get upset in the moment (bothered), they tend to tell me, sometimes quite a bit later (but that depends on them, how they process things) that what I said was fair, true, insightful. They just didn't want to hear it at the time. I've never received such feedback from females. They hold onto it, that grudge, and they will just stop communication permanently; the relationship is over.

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

It's completely up to who's doing the criticism and how it's being done. Doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman. If all a person can do is be negative about what isn't being done to their satisfaction, they're not doing a critique correctly.

Maybe more men do things this way and it rubs women the wrong way. Got to accent the positive, then give what can be improved. If not done this way, its going to fail.

inhua · Accepted Answer

women have a hard time handling criticism from other women such as Candace Owens so why do you think they can handle criticism from men?

it's even funnier when they try to attribute relationship status as to whether the criticism from that man should exist or not as if a single man shouldn't be allowed to say anything about a woman who cheats or commits paternity fraud but even married men like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro who bring these topics up get heavy backlash

because apparently the only men that women will listen to is men they find attractive

UniquelyBasic · Accepted Answer

Some can't handle it to save their life but then again that's a lot of people in general.

kylee2437 · Answer

It’s because often men suggest Criticism towards women they couldn’t even pull in the end, aka unsolicited criticism

JoeMichael67 · Answer

Never give a woman unsolicited criticism, and if she asks for it, lie. Those are the rules of manhood.

BlackJeep · Answer

I have had many women working for me and it takes some skill to correct a woman in the workplace when she does something wrong without it turning into an issue that creates drama.

Drewtate · Answer

Tell a woman that you prefer female self responsibility to female empowerment and she loses her shit

AngryCarl2 · Answer

I don't think I've ever met a woman who could accept criticism.

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