Email: Complementary for a reason [F]

I like to joke and to "pontificate" (solve all the world's problems through analysis and opinion).

I think women unfortunately end up doing most of the talking in relationships and social situations (not that many complain) but men shouldn't leave that turf to women because they perceive it as womanly not manly. (Men tend to define themselves as opposites of women, just like teens tend to define themselves as opposites of their parents. Poetry, opera, dance, flower arrangement -- if a woman does or enjoys something, most men will avoid it in droves.) Why don't men (and women) just settle in and enjoy getting to learn new talents or pursuits from the opposite sex? We're complementary for a reason!