Does anybody even know what ‘like a jackal’ means? Did I miss the definition? I take from the context it isn’t a good thing and is lower than a human is supposed to be .. but animals in reality are more complex than stereotypes give them credit for. They aren’t just humpers and eaters. It’s possibly insulting animals to say scummy men or women are like them.

There should be a third option to that poll. I think some people are jackals but not all men or all women.

but estrogen makes it slightly different in expression.

For me jackalism doesn’t depend on the gender. I think the notion “men are jackals” is just a way women express their disappointment with certain attitudes of men. In other languages there are even harder expressions, and men have their way to express their disappointment too, like “women are bitches”.
These generalizations are especially negative when parents talk to kids with reference to the other parent. It makes it hard for their grown up children to find someone who’s not a jackal, or not a bitch – because “they all are the same”.

I did something today in a ‘fit’ of frustration and vindictiveness (probably hitting the wrong target) that I’m still trying to reconcile to myself. It was a base act – which is what jackals do.

I’m critical of myself. Another person might excuse it as a Bitchy women coming at you claws out .

- Surprised myself. Learned anyone is probably capable of any act under duress.

I’ve seen women move in “for the kill” like that. I’d say the behavior is no less Mars-y, but it’s not restricted to men.

I still don’t understand what being a jackal means.

Hey Elsa,

When I come to the site directly, March 30th enteries are up. Your latest enteries don’t show unless I click on the “Recent Comment” section.

Sincerely,

Tan