Kirt posted a link to Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things To Me, and I thought about commenting, but then realized it was more of a frothing, cursing rant than a comment. (Fair warning!)

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There are a number of reasons I love my wife. This is one of them: Blown out of proportion.

The very first thing I thought both while and after reading that article was, "Uh-oh, look out, here comes Big Brother 'Sensitivity'. It's the new 1984." But being the guy I am and believing in regularly double-checking my perceptions, I decide to ask Jen what she thinks about this.

She gives me a look -- the "that is the goddamn dumbest thing I have ever fucking heard" look -- and says, "I'd probably laugh."

"So, you wouldn't be offended by that?"

She rolls her eyes.

"What do you think about the assertion it was rude because a woman coming through the clubhouse might find it uncomfortable?"

"That's stupid."

That, gentlemen, is exactly why I love my wife: because she's not a freakin' idiot.

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