frame,

I wasnt trying so much to relate it to gender as to just switching the situation to something that he might react to personally if someone said it to him, since he seems to be pissed off about gender stuff that knocks guys.

If he was attacking, say lesbian romance writers, saying that all their stuff was hack writing, and they were lonely ugly women who wished somebody would sleep with them, and i knew he was, say, a radio personality, I might have said something like that all radio personalities do all day is spout useless, boring drivel and run worn-out bits, and are all narcissists who just like to hear the sound of their own voice.

That is all I was trying to do, not necessarily keep in in context of sexism. Mostly I was trying to say that if you start off being mean and condescending to a particular group of ppl, they are not so likely to listen to you or engage you in a polite conversation.

Hope this help!

Carolle :)