February 10th, 1998 
By Sabrina Fiege
When I and some others had a few spare moments in a certain history class, we turned to the well covered subject of the male species. After some deep intellectual thought I decided to offer sacrifices to my gods of choice for making me female.  Man, being a guy must suck!!

Lets start with shaving.  I have enough trouble shaving my legs, and I can see them!  The thought of putting a sharp razor to my face, when looking at a mirror-image of myself, scares me.  I cant even figure out which way I need to move my hand to move my barrettes in the right direction when looking in the mirror! I think that most girls would end up rushing to a hospital from blood loss if we were suddenly turned into guys.

Then there is the whole “Is it assault,” and “what if she gets offended,” question.  If a girl kisses a guy, chances are he is not going to scream, “Sexual Assault” and run for his lawyer.  Guys also have to worry about whether a girl will take it wrong if he opens doors for her, or pulls out chairs for her to sit down in.

What's with this- “Hess my friend, so to show that Ill beat him up attitude?” I've watched too many guys walk down a hall or into the gallery and hit a friend, just to say “Hello.”  I donut get it. I usually just say “Hi” or something along those lines.  Maybe I'm just missing something.

And fighting in general. I know that not all guys fight, and some girls do, but overall most fights in USS are male oriented and generated.  Somehow I cant imagine getting so mad at someone that Id get in a big fight with them.  A quick swing at my brother, maybe, but that's my limit.  For some reason I try to avoid pain.

Maybe I'm generalizing about some things, (though I think my shaving problem is right on the mark) because not all guys are that bad. I know a lot of good ones, but in the history of the world which gender has started the most wars?  Which gender has the most murders attributed to it? I may not like the female history of being a virtual slave, but hey, at least it makes me feel superior to know that unlike my ancestors I can do what I want, think what I want and say what I want, when I want to.


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