Christopher Hitchens's Essay 'Why Women Aren T Funny'

“Gender roles,” is a common term heard throughout friendships, intimate relationships, or even professional relationships. Men and women may exist in all of these types of relationships together. Society has shifted the ways of the roles in these specific relationships, and caused many distinct characteristics between the roles played by both men and woman. Specific dissimilarities are common in today’s society because of certain emotional appeals, physical appeals, and benefits between both genders. A large difference between men and women are the physical appeals. “He’s really quite cute, and he’s kind to my friends, and he knows all kinds of stuff, and he’s so funny . . .” is a quote stated in the paper “Why Women Aren’t Funny” written by Christopher Hitchens. This quote pertains to the physical aspects of men because it represents what a woman may want from …show more content…
The man is usually who initiates the first step in the dating process. This may show that he is a leader, or it may emphasize his commitment in a relationship. In the essay, “I’m Sorry I Won’t Apologize” by Deborah Tannen, she explains that her husband hurt her feelings and apologized to her, but he is grinning as he says it. This may convey that when some men apologize, that they do not mean it, but just say for the other person to make them feel better. Not apologizing as often as the opposite sex may be because they have the mindset of blaming the other person rather than accepting the fault (Tannen). In the article written by Tannen, it speaks about a scenario in a different country with an American driver and a Japanese driver. In this situation, if both drivers were from Japan, both of the people would get out of their vehicles and bow, which would mean both parties were claiming responsibility. This shows a difference in men around the world, but a known reality of the matter is, is that men may steer clear of an apology if