Men, the stronger gender?

Men have always been known as the stronger gender. We can fight any thing. We can conquer any thing. Nothing is outside our iron grasp. Men have fought wars, conquered nations and harnessed power from particles you can't even see. We have bent the universe to meet our needs. Companies and governments have been built and pushed to success by men. Men are the measuring standard for all levels of life. "Man up!", "Be a Man!", "Take it like a Man!" and of course "U DA MAN!!".

Being a man is not easy. You have allot of expectations. Even at early childhood you see that parents treat boys differently from girls. We are the corner stones, the base, the anchor. We are to be leaders of, protectors of and sacrificed for the family, community and the country. It has been this way from the dawn of time, and no matter how hard the new age, oh so enlightened modernist want equality, this is how it will be until the end of time.

Many women over the ages have wanted to be treated equally with men. WHAT FOR? They don't have enough problems of their own? Do they want to go out and work til their backs break and worry that it's not enough? Do they want to always be under the gun of responsibility, knowing that failure is not a option and that if they do, they fail the whole family and not just themselves. Do they want the responsibility for not only their spiritual growth, but that of their spouse and children? Do they want to be the ones who are called to lay down their lives for God and country, putting aside every personal need they have?

Sorry, they can't even if they wanted to. This is a mans lot in life. This is why we are here. Take it away or minimize it and you may as well kill us. You can put a square peg in a round hole, but you have to either cut up the peg or bust out the hole. The certain destruction of one or the other is inevitable.

Men are the hardcore, work horses of the planet. We can and will do anything. We are quick to sacrifice our time, resources and even ourselves for the greater good. We will lay down our very lives. It would seem that we are impervious to anything, but we're not. The only thing that hurts us worse than bullets and bombs are the words from a woman.

Yes, the words from a woman are more powerful than guns, planes and tanks. They can inspire us more than any political speech or condemn us more than and judges verdict. When a woman wants to take the mans role it kills the man. She then wants to know what happened to him. She should know, she pulled the trigger. A woman's words are powerful, they can build up or tare down.

Women in Kuwait do not have the right to vote. They don't want it. The men take care of that. Is it that they don't care if they are heard? Absolutely not, they are heard. How do you think the husbands know who to vote for? They are the head of the family and as the head they ask the neck. Yes the neck, the wife. The man is the anchor, his wife is the rock. He is the corner stone, she is the Key stone.

If you find yourself with a man who is having self doubt or feeling overloaded. If he looks like he has no more rope and is just hanging by a thread. You, as his wife, can turn this around or send it crashing down. Choose your words and timing carefully. You are his helpmate from God. You have the power to change his situation. Just remember, the trade off for being a man who can do all of these strong and powerful things is that we are fragile. You, women, are our Kryptonite.