Thoughts on Men and Women

In working on a couple film shoots in the past month and coming home, there's something I noticed about working in groups between men and women. Women tend to be concerned with whether everyone is helping out and participating and doing their share. Men, however, tend to be more concerned with whether they are being useful.

The example that made me think of this happened tonight when my sisters and mom were all working on putting dinner together. We were eating leftovers...it hardly required any work, and yet, they wanted me to help out by doing something - anything - even though my help was so nominal it would have probably been easier just to do it themselves. But they wanted to know that I was helping out in some capacity.

It is also why on film shoots, if a man thinks he isn't need or being used, he won't show up or work very hard.

Both have their upsides and downsides. For one, women are supportive, even if things go wrong, so long as people tried hard and worked hard and participated. Men, on the other hand, aren't so supportive and understanding of others hard work, and hard workers might not feel adequately appreciated.

On the flip side, when things are going well, women will sometimes get sour because they don't feel like everyone is helping out or doing enough, when in fact, the greater whole is already being served.