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imanamerican63

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16. My job takes me all around the country!

Fri Oct 7, 2016, 08:06 PM

Oct 2016

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I drive a truck for a living and hear some of most egregious language from men and women. I guess you need to fit in with those around you. I look at it this way, I don't need to fit with these people. I rather stay to myself and then I feel better about myself. Trump was trying to show that he is big deal, which makes him a idiot my eyes!

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DU Men, please enlighten us. What makes men like Donald Trump treat women with such [View all] smirkymonkey Oct 2016 OP

It has always been a question for me... Though most of these cretins purport to adore their mothers. hlthe2b Oct 2016 #1

One-up manship cagefreesoylentgreen Oct 2016 #7

Yes, he has to "Win" against men, and degrade women. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #14

Trump's got some mommy issues poli-junkie Oct 2016 #2

That would be interesting. Anyone read a biography? smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #15

I tried tracking down some info a while back canetoad Oct 2016 #63

Now there is a hole in the market. I would think that is a book that would sell very smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #66

I heard Frontline had a very in-depth Jim Beard Oct 2016 #80

I would love to see that if you have a link. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #86

Linky justiceischeap Oct 2016 #93

Thanky! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #95

It's really eye opening. nt justiceischeap Oct 2016 #96

Holy crap! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #104

You're welcome. justiceischeap Oct 2016 #106

Donald told Ivana "He can't be sexually attracted to a woman who has had children" smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #102

tell us about locker room talks Skittles Oct 2016 #3

I don't know, I have never really been in one. I am sure they are filled with smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #17

Been in a lot of locker rooms over the years, never heard one guy brag about assaulting a women. bluesbassman Oct 2016 #52

Yes, a former supervisor used to brag... MicaelS Oct 2016 #67

Really small hands??? lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #4

You know what they say.... smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #19

He's always had a privileged life. lpbk2713 Oct 2016 #5

Only weak people need to see other people as inferior to make themselves feel better. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #20

He is a cruel, spoiled rotten ass who thinks he is entitled to anything he wants The Genealogist Oct 2016 #6

I suppose so, he treats everyone with contempt. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #12

Like I say, he undoubtedly thinks of women as just more property The Genealogist Oct 2016 #18

I have know men with privileged lives who have been perfectly lovely. Something else must be going smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #8

Medically speaking, volstork Oct 2016 #81

I agree. I don't know what the DSM diagnosis is, but I am sure there is a label for him. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #85

If you draw a Venn diagram volstork Oct 2016 #91

Because he can dembotoz Oct 2016 #9

No, just like some men are contemptible, so are some women. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #21

From a Buddhist perspective - vlyons Oct 2016 #43

I think you are right in saying that he is a truly unhappy, miserable person. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #73

We begin by calmly and clearly seeing that the problem is selfishness and that vlyons Oct 2016 #109

It's not unique to men, it just manifests itself in different ways Major Nikon Oct 2016 #10

You are right, he has always been enabled and nobody has ever challenged him. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #22

Change only happens when you really want it Major Nikon Oct 2016 #56

Well, that might change. As long as he stays in NYC. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #69

I don't think he has any friends Major Nikon Oct 2016 #100

That's the thing, too. If this was something that happened when he was 22 or so, MH1 Oct 2016 #27

His father got sick of his bullying and sent him to military school justiceischeap Oct 2016 #94

Back then people often sent their male children to military school to avoid reform school Major Nikon Oct 2016 #99

Many women seem to go for that sort of thing PSPS Oct 2016 #11

Most women grow out of it at a young age. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #24

It is not women's fault if men are abusive. gollygee Oct 2016 #30

Yea, deathrind Oct 2016 #88

I have see it too in the adult singles market at bars. Jim Beard Oct 2016 #111

Because they see women as... MicaelS Oct 2016 #13

Yup. Spot on. nt DLevine Oct 2016 #25

Ugh! I guess that's it. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #29

Sure they do. MicaelS Oct 2016 #51

My job takes me all around the country! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #16

I guess he thinks it makes him look like more of a man, but it really does the opposite. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #32

I missed a word! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #44

this is going to sound very classist dlwickham Oct 2016 #39

Very true! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #45

I'm a man, but I can't help you. I can't even begin ... 11 Bravo Oct 2016 #23

I'm glad! Thank you! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #31

Male Privaledge. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2016 #26

Because he is an insecure asshole JDC Oct 2016 #28

Bottom line, yes. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #33

Base issue is insecurity. GaYellowDawg Oct 2016 #34

I suppose what it really comes down to is power. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #46

Narcissists can only feel gradiosity or humiliation Donkees Oct 2016 #35

If he's not humiliating someone, he fears he will be humiliated by them. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #49

small penises? dlwickham Oct 2016 #36

Well, some people say.... smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #47

He has a 12 year olds obsession with the playboy magazine The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #37

But he's 70 years old, for god's sake? smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #50

Ummmmmm..........yup dhol82 Oct 2016 #59

A wise man would know not to ever try a run like this . The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #61

A burning desire to compensate for his mother's dominance over him during his childhood. Trust Buster Oct 2016 #38

Some people get psychiatric help, some people run for president to prove smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #53

On FreeRepublic.com jamese777 Oct 2016 #40

He is anything but an alpha male. First of all, the concept of alpha and beta males is so smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #55

YES. GaYellowDawg Oct 2016 #60

Animal leaders gwheezie Oct 2016 #98

Good God. They sound like Tom Cruise's character in Magnolia. nolabear Oct 2016 #58

I can't claim to understand it. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #41

I'm glad to hear that. I didn't think all men behaved that way. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #62

I think mob pornographers do. Maybe some sleaze bag frats or athletic teams. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #77

How about socialization malaise Oct 2016 #42

Question would you ask DU woman to explain Paris Hilton? awake Oct 2016 #48

Does Paris Hilton abuse men? smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #64

My point has nothing to do with Paris or any other woman or man awake Oct 2016 #70

Not really. Most women don't really have it out for men. There isn't this underlying contempt smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #72

Do you realize how sexiest this sounds awake Oct 2016 #76

the word is SEXIST, not SEXIEST Skittles Oct 2016 #79

Thank you I am dyslexic and that is what my spellchecker came up with awake Oct 2016 #84

aw no problem Skittles Oct 2016 #87

Try a little expiriment for me. Go to any major new publication and read an article or smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #83

In no way have my posts intended as a personal atack on you awake Oct 2016 #89

if i were to utter such filth as a yungster, allan01 Oct 2016 #54

He's got a high school jock/bully personality that he's never grown out of davidn3600 Oct 2016 #57

I suppose all men go through this at a certain age, but don't you think by the age of 70 one should smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #65

A lifetime of Entitlement - Maine-i-acs Oct 2016 #68

He's a raging narcissist who inherited something like 100 million dollars. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #71

Well, I think he's in for a big surprise! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #75

I don't want to chick any countens Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #90

Note to O.P. - uh, YEA, don't ask *US*/DUers this question. n/t UTUSN Oct 2016 #74

I remember a line from "Less Than Zero"… regnaD kciN Oct 2016 #78

Social Dominance DBoon Oct 2016 #82

He thinks all women are beneath him. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2016 #92

An insanely privileged and entitled psychopathic narcissist in a shallow, misogynistic culture. YoungDemCA Oct 2016 #97

Emotional retardation Doodley Oct 2016 #101

So, anyone have a date on this little escapade? He was a NEWLYWED in 2005 Glitterati Oct 2016 #103

I've known so many like him, and they're all cowards. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #105

I tried to explain it yesterday Matrosov Oct 2016 #107

Thanks everyone for your input, I appreciate it! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #108

I think at a primitive caveman level... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #110

Inherited sociopathy. roamer65 Oct 2016 #112