Sexist @ MindSay

Disclaimer: This might be a touchy subject for some and I'm deliberatly throwing some offensive stuff in here for the sake of humor.  My question is honest though so I hope I don't offend anyone.

Dad (Scott) and I were driving back to Batavia today and we passed a guy pulled over on the side of the road.  The hood of his car was up and he had a very upset and frazzled look on his face.  We made a joke that it was a shame that "he" wasn't an attractive "she" and kept driving.  Then a thought occoured to me, I've stopped and helped women who had a flat tire or had car problems.  I've stopped and helped elderly people too, but a single guy (or a car full, I don't care) I will just drive by.

Now my first inclination is that helping women or the elderly is chivalrous of me, however, could it be misconstrued as sexest???  For the sake of arguement lets take the elderly out of the equation and just say it's men or women.

Stereotypically a "real" man should be able to do certain things on/with cars.  Basic problem diagnosis, changing oil and tires, checking fluids, etc.  On the flip side women aren't usually granted the benefit of the doubt in the same situations, right?  Now we all know that isn't entirely true, Rose knows how to change the oil in the car/truck, so do, I'm sure, some of you reading.

So all that being said, is it sexist of me to just assume that if a woman is having car problems that she needs a mans (such as myself) help?  Honestly I have to say it is.

Now this is just a hypothetical situation but lets say I'm driving down the road and I pass a guy with a flat tire.  He has no frikking clue on how to put the spare on but I don't know that, I just drive.  A mile further down the road there is a woman with a flat tire.  I stop to help her but she already knows how and is in the process of pulling the jack out etc.  I continue on down the road, pleased with myself for at least trying to do a good deed but I leave the guy waiting for AAA (or CAA for our friends north of the border, hi Dave and G!!!) even though that will make him late for his boyfriends debut on the tranny stage at the local gay bar.

I don't know for sure but yes, I'm leaning towords sexist.

Not that it will stop me from helping in the future mind you, but it's just something I wanted some input on from my blogging friends.

Is it just me or are almost all the chicks in the world annoying, stupid and petty. Maybe its just Im hanging round with too many guys lately. They all cant shut up about how sick of chicks they are (then turn to me and say 'no offense, your different'). I mean so many times lately, Ive seen situations where the girls that are around get bitchy and start fighting or something while the guys stand back and shake their heads. So many of my old friends who are guys dont want to see me for now because im a chick, which is a bit sexist but god damn they have a point. It just seems that most girls these days are very materialistic and uncompassionate and just plain boring to be around.  Im probably no better than any of them though because I wrote this blog.There are still some intelligent, smart, nice girls around, but they are few and far between.

My dad...wow hes a great guy..

.he barely ever yells at me, and, as long as hes not drunk (lol), hes so great to me... 

he always knows how to make me laugh and when im with him i feel so safe and relaxed! like we go fishing  and i can sit in the boat for like 4 hours without saying a word and feel like 5 minutes has passed! he taught (sorta still is) me how to fillet a fish (which is kinda neat hahaha im such a guy JK)

and when we go camping! he taught me how to chop wood! and (unlike my mother) was very paitent with me!

It was kind of neat...a couple of weeks ago me and my half-brother got in this huge discussion on MSN about our dad (we have diff moms) and he pointed out how dads changed (or my bro says mellowed out) since some stuff, and he can be sexist and racist. I didnt really agree with my brother but just yesterday when I got my haircut he was sittin talkin to my cousin (who does my hair) and made some sexist and racist comments.. and as i got thinkin I realized he does that alot...its just suddenly that I relaize it, I think its because I was thinkin about the convo with my bro.

But isnt everybody soemtimes sexist and racist?

Anyways something that would be interesting is if my mom passed away, it would be sad but my mom is the main caregiver to my sister and I. So everything would be turned upside down. Like dad leaves for work at 7...school doestn start till  9 (for my sis) and 9:30 (for me), mom makes our lunches in the morning so then we would have to do it (im acctauly supposed make my own, but she just said not to cuz she already makes dads and my sisters.). I donno it would be different, way more freedom thats for sure. My dad is basically 1 of those das who brings in the money and bugs his kids (in a good way). Like if I want to go out with my friends I have to ask mom, whne i need soemthing (unless its money) i ask mom..so life would be weird if mom died...But life would be even harder if dad passed away because he brings in more money than mom..and hes way more easyer to be with...

I donno why I did this blog...I just kind of felt like writing soemthing about my dad and to tell everyone how much he acctualy means to me...

Anyways I guess thats it,

Miller

what is it with men? They think just because I'm a girl that I wouldn't want to go camping. Anyone that read my earlier blogs knows that I LOVE to camp.

My dad and brother were planing a camping trip for next year...(the reason they were going to do it next year was so I wouldn't have to go) My dad says that "lauren won't wanna go"......I look at him like he's crazy.

Then we get into this whole disscution about how there won't be showers and there won't be TV....and he rambles on asthough I've never been camping before. GAH!!!

why is it that just becase I'm a girl I wouldn't like camping?