Iman’s constant cravings…

Typical Man

Under: Uncategorized @ 9:12 pm on Monday, 07.10.06

A typical [Arab] man - in my view:

It’s okay for him to date, but his sister cannot
It’s okay for him to go clubbing, but his sister cannot
It’s okay for him to go to strip clubs, but his female counterpart cannot
It’s okay for him to smoke in public, but his sister cannot
It’s okay for him to stay out late, but his sister cannot
It’s okay for him to hang out with girls, but his sister cannot hang out with guys
He’ll date an Arab girl, then talk crap about her when they break up
If he sees any Arab girl doing any of smoking, going out, clubbing, hanging out with guys then he’ll automatically label her as a slut and one with a very bad reputation
He believes the world revolves around him
He believes he’s God’s gift to women
He will automatically assume you’re in love with him if he acknowledge him with a smile
He will date till he gets bored, then when he feels it’s time to settle down he will run to Mommy so she can choose a sweet innocent girl from back home for him to marry
In one word, he’s a hyporcite!

13 Comments »

Tamara

07.11.06 @ 1:14 am

you know Iman …for a while I thought the same thing. and a lot more!! till I met people who are totally different, they know that most of the things on the list are not okay for either …for a number of reasons.

So believe me there are people there who are not hypocrites : )

But great post maybe on of ( THEM) will read and see himselfe ; )

Rami Samhan

07.11.06 @ 1:15 am

so if I have no sisters, I can not be typical?

and of course you are in love with me, otherwise why would you smile at me? :o

somehow, you have a point, many MANY arab guys would do that

but what bothers me, that “any” simple action by an Arab male, would urge you to say: “argghhh, so typical”

anyway, according to your definition, views, I am 7.69% typical

Qwaider قويدر

07.11.06 @ 4:18 am

Maybe I’m “atypical” Arab. I grew up in a house with all females. And I wasn’t allowed to do anything my sisters weren’t allowed to do. We were all upset but I guess since we all had the same rules then we got used to it.
But I agree with you, many Arab people think like that … even encourage the wrong doing of their son!

donotmakefunofmyname

07.11.06 @ 11:52 am

I am a real typical Arab. I do not like my sons (esp my sons) nor my daughters to do what you have said. As Qwaider, I did grow in all female houshold. Qwaider was lucky, my father was more tough on me than my sisters.

Cynthia

07.11.06 @ 2:54 pm

Hello,

Sounds like my ex…and he wasn’t Arabic. Unfortunately, you speak of most men:)

Hamzeh N.

07.12.06 @ 12:36 pm

I don’t think there’s any point in trying to respond to this with a “Typical Arab Woman” post. Because I love Arab women :D

I see how my friends here in the US get abused by their girlfriends, fiances and wives all the time. I think about my friends back home and I try to remember just one time that one of them couldn’t do something with the guys “because his girlfriend would be mad”.

I love Arab women! Especially the ones back home. They have just the right amount of low self esteem that a guy looks for :D They won’t invent a confrontation with you whenever they get the chance. They will just nod and say “ok”.

Right?

Iman

07.12.06 @ 9:51 pm

Tamara, you’re right …but still, I believe the majority are like what I mention

Rami, sure you can by typical …instead of your sister, your cousin or even any other ‘Arab’ girl out there… well, yeah true… sometimes the simplest actions are very typical :grin: … and the 7.69% would be what on the list?

Qwaider and Kerry, that’s good to know! what works for you should work for your sisters…

Hi Cynthia, Maybe your ex hung around Arabs :grin:

Hamzeh, again…you’re experiences are just - well you know!

Right?

Ok :oops:

Rami Samhan

07.13.06 @ 3:41 am

number 5

so if my sister isn’t allowed to stay out too late, how typical is that?

Osaid

07.14.06 @ 3:27 am

I am not one of ‘THEM’ !!

You touched a sensitive thing. We have to think more, not to leave it for the society to do it all instead of us.

good day

Osaid

07.14.06 @ 3:29 am

Oh, that Khalil Gubran’s was wonderful !

Salida Del Sol

07.14.06 @ 6:33 am

I totally agree with your post. The majority of arab men are like that. What a pity.

Iman

07.15.06 @ 12:11 am

Rami, it’s very typical when a guy is able to do anything for the mere fact that he’s a guy and his sister or any other female cannot and shouldn’t because it’s just ‘not right.’

Osaid, what do you mean?

Hi Salida Del Sol…yeah, what a pity!

Rami Samhan

07.15.06 @ 11:55 am

when you think that I can stay more late than my sister, just cause I am “allowed” to, then that’s - in a way or another - typical.

I do trust my sister el 7amdellah, I know what she does, but did you consider the safety factor? did you consider the society factor? you yourself said something about how “weird” people were looking at you when you were leaving home at 2 am

yes I care abou people and what do they think, not as much as I used to, but I still do, if that makes me typical, then you can call me the typicalist even

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Typical Man

13 Comments »

Leave a comment