A sad but true rundown of where things stand in our culture. I thought to myself, "this cannot be true in every culture," and dated someone from another culture. Although he had better manners, he sadly had many of the same traits that bothered me about American men. I now just devote myself to my dogs (female) and to my wide circle of friends. I wish men could learn to talk to women. Women talk to each other all the time, and usually no one ends up dead.