Nagging is a term used almost exclusively by men to describe women. Most men deny that they nag and if they do, that’s viewed very differently by society. Men are not naggers. They are assertive, they are leaders, and invariably they are passing on their wisdom – and gently reminding women of the path to take if they happen to forget along the way. Sure, they criticize, find faults, moan and complaint, but it’s always for the woman’s benefit. (Yeah! Right) The repetition of their advice, like “Read the map before you set off! How many times must I tell you?” and “Can’t you make more of an effort with how you look when my friends come home?” shows admirable persistence and, above all shows that they care. Women, similarly, feel that nagging shows that they care, but men rarely see in the same light. A woman knows that she is being irritating, but believes the way to get through to a man is by repeating, over and over, the same instructions, until they one day, hopefully, sink in. She knows she is being annoying but she feels justified in continuing. A woman’s female friends won’t see her as nagging either – they’ll see the man as lazy or hard to handle and feel nothing but sympathy for his long-suffering partner. When a woman starts repeating her orders, the male brain just hears one thing – nagging !
In the USA alone, there are more than 2,000 cases a year of men murdering their wives and claiming that their nagging drove them to it. In Hong Kong, a husband who hit his wife on the head with a hammer, causing her brain damage, was given a reduced jail term by a judge who said he had been driven to violence by nagging.
Taken from - Why men lie and why women cry?
No matter what men do and say, men can never nag. That’s a universal truth. Isn’t it?
