I honestly couldn’t think of anything. In the reverse, the only thing I could think of that women can do that men can’t is give birth.
Anyone? Just curious.
Esprix
Oh, and “produce sperm” wasn’t what I was going for - women produce eggs, and it takes both to make a baby, so regarding that I’d say they’re even. And yes, theoretically a man could carry a fetus to term, but I’m talking without medical intervention here.
Seriously, I can’t think of anything.
Esprix
I can’t think of anything that men can do that women can’t, but for the reverse, I once heard about something along the lines of putting a chair against a wall and having women bend over a certain way, they could lift it and men couldn’t. It had to do with different hip structure or something, I’m not sure. Maybe someone else knows.
Write our names in the snow of course!
Become emotionally attached to the offside rule in football (soccer to you).
This is an old one. Stand facing the wall and heel/toe away from it so that the length of two of your feet is between you and the wall. Place a chair between yourself and the wall. Lean over and rest your head against the wall, pick up the chair, and try to stand back up. Women can, and men cannot. It’s because the center of gravity on a woman is at or near the waistline, while it is higher for men.
Well, think of any sport requiring physical strength, weight lifting, the pole vault, the high jump, shot put, 40 meter dash… Women can’t break those records set by men.
Oh, sure, they might be able to someday in some alternate universe, but women are never going to run as fast, jump as far or as high. We are different creatures.
But of course women can engage in all of those sports.
I can’t remember the exact wording of the poem I once saw, so the meter will be off, but it was something to the effect of:
“Roses are red
violets are blue
you can’t pee inside of me,
but I can pee inside of you.”
Get prostate cancer.
But, really I can’t think of anything. Like Mr.Z said, men tend to be more physical and can do certain things better. But, women can do all of those things.
mr z,
if you look at teh record book for men’s athletics from a few decades back you’ll find that women have beaten a great number of those records.
however i think a lot of athletics and records have been set up for and by men. maybe men just have a greater need to be ‘the best’. perhaps to make up for feelings of inadequecy?? but really, socially men are more individualistic, and women are more group-oriented. perhaps women are not as interested in seeing how high on teh wall they can piss and therefore don’t do it as well. 
How are these things set up for men? Who can run fastest, lift the heaviest weight, throw x the farthest? There aren’t that many different ways to determine such things. The fact of the matter is that in these sorts of contests, our best beats their best, purely as a function of our biology.
Also, I think the “Women aren’t as competitive” line is kind of a slap to all the women athletes out there: “It’s not that you’re built differently, but that you’re just not trying as hard.”
Have embarassingly crusty socks in the laundry.
Give this a try:
Hold your left arm straight out in front of you, parallel to the ground. Make a fist with your palm facing inward and your thumb pointing up.
The inside of your elbow will be either facing up or inward. Keeping your arm straight, rotate your elbow from one position to the other, without changing the orientation of your fist. What the heck, go back and forth a few times.
For some reason, not a single woman I’ve ever met can do this without extreme difficulty.
Ptahlis wrote:
And they demonstrated this on an episode of All in the Family, so it must be true!
Ah, but men have mouths, don’t they? I’m pretty sure my aim is good enough to get it in there. Not that I would do that to anyone I like, just had to point out the logical flaw.
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That’s true. But to the best of my knowledge no current record held by a female athlete beats the records held by male athletes.
I wonder what all the women competeting in the Olympics, WNBA, LPGA, tennis, and now boxing would think of that.
Marc
Ptahlis says:
How are these things set up for men? Who can run fastest, lift the heaviest weight, throw x the farthest? There aren’t
that many different ways to determine such things. The fact of the matter is that in these sorts of contests, our best
beats their best, purely as a function of our biology.
set up for men, meaning the very playing field was chosen by men. [ie the types of things to compete in.] how about ‘competitions’ for emotive excellence or group dynamics. i think these are areas where women might excel. perhaps they naturally have ‘bigger muscles’ in those or some other area.
did you ever win an argument with your wife/gf? i don’t mean you thought you won based on teh merits of the debate. i mean did you win it? in teh long run?? if you don’t know what i mean, then i don’t think you can even see teh other playing field.
I think women are superior to men in a lot of areas. Cooking and cleaning, for instance.
::ducks, runs away::
friedo quipped:
Oh yeah? Then why are most of the world-famous chefs men?! And why is a popular brand of household floor cleaner called Mister Clean, huh hm huh hm huh?!!?!
How about this: ultra long-distance swimming. Women has men beat handily.