All Men are Created Equal

The U.S. Constitution is an amazing document in some regards and limiting in others. It says that as Americans we can pursue happiness and we have certain inalienable rights. It makes you feel super squishy and fluffy inside.

But these things are only endowed to men. (Granted, later amendments have clarified this to include women and other groups that this excluded, but entertain me for a bit here. The constitution says that all men are created equal…they do the same things and are made in the same way. Is this true? Are all men made to have a wandering eye? Is it some kind of evolutionary appendage (for lack of a better word) that sadly will never go away and we just have to accept it?

I’m flabbergasted when people say that all men can look at other women and flirt and stuff and it’s ok because all men do it. Are you completely kidding me? No, it’s not ok! It’s disrespectful to all women, especially wives. It suggests that men are always looking for something else. It’s not innocent; it’s extremely hurtful. Yes, it probably is exciting and it makes the people involved in the flirting feel super attractive and it’s a big ego boost. But what about those people on the outskirts who are not involved in the flirtations but are directly impacted by those flirtations? Yes, yes, these things happen and all men are the same in that they do flirt and where it leads…that’s ok too.

No, it’s not! I repeat it is not ok. It’s not ok until everyone can do it and it’s accepted by all parties. If men think it’s ok to flirt with other women, then women should be able to flirt with other men (if it is in their nature to do so, of course) and there should be no problem as well. But I’d like to see what happens when the wives start to flirt and things just happen Will it be equal treatment, then? Probably not. I’m also not saying it should be an eye for an eye mentality but damn it somehow this stuff just has to stop. Why can’t people just mind their own business, meaning look at their own significant others without moving into dangerous territory of other people? Evolution means you should evolve from the nasty habits and bodily functions that are not necessary any longer (like the useless pinky toe). It doesn’t mean you should stick with the same crap. And some might say it’s survival of the fittest woman…but c’mon now. Maybe the woman who isn’t flirting is really the stronger one when all things are taken into consideration. She’s smarter, funnier, stronger etc.

All men (all people, that is) are not created equal…but maybe all men are. But that doesn’t mean it should be accepted.