understanding men conference overview - #1

ok, i am starting on trying to download how much this event meant to me. (it is the conference titled "celebrating men, satisfying women" put on by pax international. you can find more at understandmen.com. i am not affiliated with this event or firm in any way, any comments i have are strictly my own interpretation.)

let me start really simply with the main premise of the entire conference:

MEN ARE AWESOME!

this was a conference designed to translate how men think & act. and let me tell you girls - MEN MAKE SENSE!

at the end of a 2-day conference there was a panel of (unprepped) men. and through the new filter of "men are awesome" - they were. all of a sudden, they made sense! they answered questions asked by all of us, and let me tell you, there was hardly a dry eye in the room. the relief, the understanding, the ability to see that men really want to understand us as much as we want to understand them, was just amazing. in fact, one of the men said, "i never knew you didn't understand us!" more than that - they want to make us happy! they just don't always understand how. and we don't see their efforts.

i can't tell you what a relief it was just to realize that men are good.

everywhere you read (and sometimes experience), you hear or see things happen that tell you MEN SUCK. take a look. most authors, including myself, filter all observations and commentary through this process. (which makes for good reading and bonding between women.) what it does NOT do, is facilitate communication in relationships and foster sharing of understanding.

the main takeaway i got from this event was that MEN ARE AWESOME and MEN MAKE SENSE. you will hear me incorporating this new view into my blog...i don't wish to hate or be angry at men any longer. and thank goodness, i finally attended an event that was designed to lead me in this direction, instead of staying in MEN SUCK quicksand that most of us (feminist-raised) females have been mired in.

more to come...