Comments on: I AM A Very Selfish Woman

By: grace m. williams

grace m. williams — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:17:51 +0000

Iam too very selfish and proud of it. I believe in putting myself first. I am not my brother’s keeper. Each tub should sit on its own bottom. People respect selfish people more than altruistic people. Altruistic people tend to be taken advantage of by other people. Selfish people are not. Parents should raise their child to be selfish in order to succeed in this world. It is the survival of the selfish.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:28:01 +0000

W22A – I believe you understood Shalabieh saying that she wants to take care of her own needs ONLY and completely ignore other people. And I guess this pissed you off because you value mutual caring for each other very highly. However, I read Shalabieh saying “”..putting myself first does not in any way mean that respect, consideration, or compassion for others is thrown out the window.”" I understand her saying that neglecting her own needs, sacrificing them eternally in order to meet other people’s expectations is something that does not work on the long run. And that what she needs to do is to take care of her own needs first – before she can even consider meeting needs of other people. So I hear her calling herself as SELFISH only metaphorically – if you take into account the meaning of the whole post.
Would you agree that it is important for people, men and women alike, to be attentive to their own needs and not sacrifice them forever in order to meet expectations of others?
And, by the way, feminism is about equality of rights among different genders, not about selfishness. Would you agree on the point that it is good if women have their rights, needs and values respected in the same way as men do?

By: W22A

W22A — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:51:54 +0000

so when a bus is gonna run right over you, i should be selfish and let you get killed then! why should i risk my life to save yours? When my little sister needs a kidney or else… I´ll just keep my spare one to myself!
When someones trying to rape you while you´re drunk in some back alley why risk my life for you?
When you crash your car and your bleeding like a river i shouldn´t stop and help with the bleeding?
Your child falls in the pool.. well you go and get it. eat shit and die you horrible twat. hope you get whats coming to ya.

By: W22A

W22A — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:46:03 +0000

If all women were like you do you think you would have existed?
If men treated women the way they treat us do you think your life would be easy?
If all women aspire to is doing nothing why don´t you just shoot yourself? A woman is born than dies what was the point of her life?
Women laugh at other peoples problems so others won´t laugh at theirs!
Women value popularity men value character!
feminism destroys what´s left of women.
Why is it that a man is born and wants to be someone in life achieve goals etc.
Women just want a guy that is everything they are not or don´t have.
selfish women deserve selfish spoiled brat little boys just like them! no sympathy from me.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:44:28 +0000

Scott – though myself being rather critical of american culture (too), I find it a bit harsh to just generalize that a culture is moronic, therefore there being good and bad cultures… I believe problems start arising at this very moment of such evaluations.

But the main thing I felt when I read your comment was wondering on what do you base your diagnosis that reading, altruism and intelligent discourse probably mean nothing to Shalabieh?

And another question: how do you know that any man with common sense…. will leave her alone? So, whoever likes her writing has actually no common sense?

You seem to be very very angry. I wonder what made you so angry? Would you be willing to share that?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:04:09 +0000

Of course Shalabieh is selfish, she’s become ” Americanized ” and is now part of the most vapid (look that one up Shalabieh, altough selfishness is a strong suit for you- I’d be willing to bet vocabulary isn’t) moronic culture on earth. Reading, altruism, intelligent discourse- all of these probably mean nothing to her. Any man with common sense and a modicum of self-esteem will leave her alone- but there will be a host of fools all too willing to prostrate themselves at her feet. How sad!

By: Girma

Girma — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:28:21 +0000

Just brilliant! Self-esteem, self respect, success are to humans like water to plants. Our enjoyment of our life depends on it. I learnt these ideas after reading Ayn Rand and since then I have this view of life. Self-esteem does not mean disrespect of others at all.

By: marina

marina — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:06:12 +0000

My good friend called me selfish tonight. It hurt alittle but,now I can see that it’s a good thing.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:39:15 +0000

Look what Eve did to Adam and all of us the results of a selfish woman.

By: super devoika

super devoika — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:20:45 +0000

have you read “The Fountainhead”…?
I agree with you… First you should start by making yourself happy… being “selfish”… then you go out and do things for other people…