On Telling Someone to 'Man Up!'

You are correct with your opinion. I have been thinking the same thing and I am a woman. If Senator Reid had told her to put her big girl panties on and stop talking cracked and crazy. The women in this country would lose their minds. So the way I see it, don't dish it if she can't take it. The same for Palin when she disrespected the President of the United States. It's been a double standard for years, but if these men start fighting back, the women had better be ready to take it.

Democrats have been in charge of congress for the last 4 years. It was just mentioned today that there will be NO cost of living increase for those who are on social security. Well, that also means us federal govt retirees will not see a COLA in 2011, just like 2010. This will be the second time in the history of social security that there will be no raise, (both times under the obama administration). I guess this is how they plan to redistribute the wealth. Tell that to our friends who make $800 a month on social security even though they worked all their lives. The reasoning is that we are in a recession even though both years congress has voted themselves a raise for both of these years.

There's an easy come back to tell a woman. Tell her to "Calm down". Nothing upsets a woman more. Ask any guy who has told his wife or girlfriend those two words.

I don't think the term "man up," in this day and age really has anything to do with being a man. Calling Meg Whitman a "*****" and telling Harry Reid to "man up" are very different. As a female athlete I've been told to "man-up" by coaches for years, it's akin to saying "there's no crying in baseball." The fellas can easily respond in kind, they could easily say the same thing back to the ladies, the difference is the women in these cases aren't the ones complaining and feeling sorry for themselves so there is no need for them to "man-up"

Maybe he should tell her to WOMAN UP?