Great point.... Agenda driven is quite accurate.
And yes I see where people want to act like women and men are just about the exact same. And that garbage in my view. We are different in ways and that ok.
This may come as surprise to some on here... Yeah I'm the type guy that can hug a 100 yr old lady and hold her until she's settled down. And yes I've had tears in my eyes many times in helping with my patients and their families.
But I also believe in being a man's man. Being strong when needed. Staying controlled and emotions in check when needed at times as well. I also believe there's a time to stand up and dig in and take a stand and confront people at times as well. And if need be very physically aggressively if needed. When you're dealing with an aggressive male patient... Getting and using overwhelming force sends a message.. and that's needed at times. To tell the other male... That I'm King bad donkey here. And that what they are doing cannot stand. I've only had to do that 3 times in the last 8 years. But sometimes... It is needed. Be a man. Protect those ladies I work with has mattered in those times.
As has my initial interaction with people... It depends upon how they are and how I perceive them. I recently meet an older gentleman and he was from Wyoming. He was a bit stoic in nature but seemed friendly in a way. He got a firm handshake and eye contact. Later on in the evening after I made his dinner we talked some and he was very pleased with what I had made. Then we played Cornhole against each other. I had never played before. I was practicing by myself and he was watching. Then he challenged me to a game. There were two colors of bean bags red and blue... Then he started talking junk to me in the early part of them game. Playfully mind you. He said that I wasn't doing as good because it was a real game. That got me going. Then the subject of bean bag color came up again and he said he should have had the blue ones... To which I responded that I thought pink was more his color of choice
I whooped him 21-10. Making 6 shots straight in. We joked back and forth throughout the game. After the game I shook his hand again. He was a really fun and cool older gentleman.
It does depend upon the other person in what I do. And I am a very good judge of that. I am conservative in my nature in initial actions in meeting someone. Though I am cool with whatever someone else does.
Family and good friends usually get hugs.
Professional courier workers could get either or. Women co workers get hugs generally. Unless I know that the lady is stand offish at all times. They get a handshake with one hand over top the other.
