This is so true. Us North American men have been beaten down by womens lib and the like to the point where it is inappropriate for us to attempt to be charming and "forward". Oftentimes, I am out here in the US and will find myself talking with or standing next to a woman who strikes me in some way ( I don't mean with her hand, things are not that bad here yet). I might feel compelled to compliment her beauty, or her smile, or the way she carries herself....but I dare not! American women do not want that from an American man. Him doing so is treating her like an "object" and not a person. Him complimenting her is undermining everything that women have worked for in their attempt to achieve "equality" with men. I mean, how dare he? Besides, Oprah Winfrey says so! The women in the US tell the men what they want and when they want it. For the man to take initiative and play the role of a "man" is wrong and in todays western world, he is being "sexist".
HOWEVER, once that woman LEAVES U.S. soil, she leaves the North American man behind. NOW, she does not have to worry about him being a threat to her as a "modern day Oprah Winfrey watching woman who brings home the bacon". So, when the greasy, slimy, broke sankie working at a resort strolls up and tells her she is "biyuriful", she loves it! She is estatic!! She laments, "but these guys are so charming, and American guys are so boring
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What a screwed up bunch American Women are. No wonder they are all on prozac or starving themselves on diets or getting plastic surgery or something. Thank God I discovered Dominican women.
Larry