Illness...
In my experience women are sexist towards men when it comes to any form of illness. The slightest complaint of ill health is met with extreme disdain, whereas when a woman is unwell a man has to be sympathetic or there's trouble.

How did this disparity arise?

Women are shit at conceding that a man might feel remotely ill and require the smallest bit of sympathy.
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:20, 4 replies)

Bravo, women seem to think that just because they have periods they have the monopoly on feeling ill.
(ElBastardo, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 22:28, closed)

I was very ill one time on holiday in Cambodia and Thailand..
I had a fever and had been puking and shitting for three days.

I happened to give a heavy sigh and make a poorly face since I was a little unwell and the registration process for the hotel was rather protracted, the missus went mental!

1 hour later I was admitted to hospital with acute gastro-enteritis and placed on an IV of saline and 3 types of antibiotics. I was kept in for 3 days!

She said later that it was the stress of worrying about me but I think that's a cover story.
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 22:39, closed)

Theory
I have a theory about just this sort of thing..... in caveman times (and the like, anything pre 1962 basically) men needed to be fit as the proverbial to go hunting, anyone carrying anything that might affect the hunting team even slightly would become a massive liability therefore they would immediately need to stop doing anything at all so as to recover quickly (in birdspeak having 'manflu'). Women who would be doing the incredibly sexist things such as tending to the cavekids, food, clearing up mammoth tusks etc. would naturally need to carry on through illness lest the more helpless kids be at risk. They would also be able to take advantage of the less performance oriented nature (but no less challenging of course, trust me I have been a househusband I do know how tough it is) of being a homemaker. Apologies for boringness.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Mon 28 Dec 2009, 0:00, closed)

Revenge is sweet
The girlies at work always make references to manflu when given the chance. What they fail to realise is that I'm never off with it. I'm slobbering sniffing and coughing among them making sure they get their share so they can have a few days off. That's the kind of thoughtful chap I am.
(The Jannie, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 12:32, closed)