Really? :)

And Hardee's says men don't bake (the commercial where dude asks his boys if they want his freshly baked biscuits). I wonder what makes people think such things.

:D These differences seem real because physical and biological differences have been exaggerated. For instance, women are usually smaller so that has translated to women being the "weaker sex." That designation has translated to a whole lot of gender stratification and other things (mostly nonsense). From there it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you tell a man to stop being so emotional all the time, he'll stop being emotional--or pick and choose his outlets more carefully. Then observers will say "aha! see...men are not emotional like women are!" Then the cycle continues.

Suffice it to say that when my significant other and I come together to discuss each other's needs, aside from physical and biological differences between us, we are not saying "I woman...you man...."

When he and I do something for each other that the other is fully capable of doing her/himself, it is purely about social influence and chivalry rather than biological/inherent differences and needs for males and females. Our personality and behavior differences are not confined to male/female or man/woman. In fact, there are many personality traits and behaviors in both of us that defy gendered norms and stereotypes. Imagine that.

PrettyBoy, I was trying to see if there was a science to attracting the opposite sex. You arrive and start talking about sperm production, erections and orgasms.:rolleyes:

lol

You chased her away. You're so mean.:D

Like DSTCHAOS, I'm going to have to seriously disagree with this. ;)
Whoa, if anyone has a "cycle" it's women and physical needs can be a very strong part of it.

I'm not attacking PB, I just wanted to chime in on what I see as some misconceptions.


Cheerful mentioned the commonalities of humans and other animals in her first post. There are definitely correlations but it gets very complicated when you bring psychological factors into it. Example: female birds may go for the prettiest plummage or moose for the biggest antlers but that doesn't always translate to humans. Personally, a large, "hot" guy would send me running in the other direction.

And on the other topic that Cheerful brought up and I don't think anyone's addressed....I think it tends to go against nature for males to be monogamous. All animals have the need to perpetuate the species wired in. Humans have put constraints on this. I'm not saying that I think men should run wild. I just understand that there may be a struggle between our animal instincts and what we've been socialized to accept.

I never knew what the OT was. I just jump in when people start talking about how "different" men and women are. :)

Lemme try to understand....
 

That's like saying it's against nature for humans to do most of the things that we do. If it can be acquired through evolution and nurturing, it is difficult to fully distinguish what human "nature" is in comparison to other animal species. Humans are supposed to be different than other animals anyway, right?

But thanks for connecting cheerful and AKA Monet's posts about animals for me. I do find connection in that the male of almost every animal species is charged with spermulating (is that word?) as many females as possible. The only reason why females can't eggulate (not a word?) as often as possible is because of the conceiving and birthulation (not a word) stages.

On that note, if there's truly a tie between humans and other animals in that manner, this means that female humans really don't care who spermulates their egg and will go from male to male until the eggulation occurs. :eek: In that case, humans have definitely regulated women more than men because women are called whores when they do this. :p On another note, that means that female humans are naturally supposed to be nurturers because they give birth--just as most female animal species are in charge of birth and nurturing. :(

(I feel a panic attack coming on. I'm glad that we're not relegated to our "nature" or even our "socialization," for that matter.)

it's what I do...sometimes I have that effect on people...but really, I am a very nice guy! ;)

She shouldn't have left. You ain't nobody.

Hey, that's not my fault, that was her choice to leave the convo....if she was that weak to LET someone make her leave(which I don't think that was it...)...she needs to man up....heh!


And neither is you....ain't nobody scurred of you.....well...a few of the guys here...but I ain't scurred of ya!! LOL

I said it first. I win.

Ok..yes you did

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I know better than to argue with a woman who wants to be right...

Men: In order to have peace and quiet...just say yes, and keep the remote handy!! LOL

DUH

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