{"id":14647,"date":"2014-02-11T23:52:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T23:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/11\/a-man-is-commanding-a-woman-is-demanding-a-man\/"},"modified":"2014-02-11T23:52:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T23:52:05","slug":"a-man-is-commanding-a-woman-is-demanding-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/11\/a-man-is-commanding-a-woman-is-demanding-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>A man is commanding \u2013 a woman is demanding.<br \/>\nA man is forceful \u2013 a woman is pushy.<br \/>\nA man is uncompromising \u2013 a woman is a ballbreaker.<br \/>\nA man is a perfectionist \u2013 a woman\u2019s a pain in the ass.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s assertive \u2013 she\u2019s aggressive.<br \/>\nHe strategizes \u2013 she manipulates.<br \/>\nHe shows leadership \u2013 she\u2019s controlling.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s committed \u2013 she\u2019s obsessed.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s persevering \u2013 she\u2019s relentless.<br \/>\nHe sticks to his guns \u2013 she\u2019s stubborn.<br \/>\nIf a man wants to get it right, he\u2019s looked up to and respected.<br \/>\nIf a woman wants to get it right, she\u2019s difficult and impossible.<\/p>\n<p>If he acts, produces and directs, he\u2019s called multi-talented. If she does the same thing, she\u2019s called vain and egotistical.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been said that a man\u2019s reach should exceed his grasp. Why can\u2019t that be true for a woman?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><strong>Barbra Streisand<\/strong> (via <a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/the-gentle-rain.tumblr.com\/\">the-gentle-rain<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is commanding \u2013 a woman is demanding. A man is forceful \u2013 a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising \u2013 a woman is a ballbreaker. A man is a perfectionist \u2013 a woman\u2019s a pain in the ass. He\u2019s assertive \u2013 she\u2019s aggressive. He strategizes \u2013 she manipulates. He shows leadership \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/11\/a-man-is-commanding-a-woman-is-demanding-a-man\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}