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To: what's up; television is just wrong
Who doesn't respond to these things? Women are exactly the same in this area. Often the men are known to be the ones who cannot articulate these things; I suppose going along with the stereotype of males who lack in sensitivity. True or false?

Mmmm... True and False.

"Males who lack in sensitivity" are usually just... males who lack in sensitivity -- and, as I said in my prior post, not worthy of a woman's bother.

On the other hand, it is, I think, stereotypically true that "Often the men are known to be the ones who cannot articulate these things"; articulation, socialization, commensuration and empathy -- these things are not always our strong points.

Sensitivity, we can do -- if you look for the right Man. Just don't expect it to be necessarily Articulate in expression.

By way of Incidental Evidence, amongst "genius-level scores" on the SAT Maths, Men consistently out-perform Women across all racial and socio-economic lines by an incredibly outsized margin: at least 3-to-1 on scores of 780 or above, as much as 7-to-1 on "perfect" scores of 800. Simply put: On all standardized exams, including IQ tests, men score higher than women on mathematical reasoning sections.

By comparison, amongst "genius-level scores" on the SAT Verbals, the gender difference is practically lost in the static -- maybe 1.3-to-1 in favor of Men on "perfect" scores of 800, a difference I'd be tempted to chalk up to the Bell Curve (On average -- the Male Sex produces both more clinical Geniuses, and more clinical Idiots, than does the Female Sex; Simple psychological fact), and adjudge the Female Sex to be the more "Verbal" and Communicatively-gifted overall. Certainly, Females mature in Verbal Communication anywhere from 2-3 years faster than do Males.

These are our differences; and Vive la Difference, I say. The Golden Rule of Dating, it seems to me, boils down to this: Reward the Good, and Punish the Bad.

As always, just one fella's Opinion.

best, OP

98 posted on 06/24/2004 1:43:36 AM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian (We are Unworthy Servants; We have only done Our Duty)
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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian
Not sure if most of the distance is societal training or inherent in the genetic makeup.

Truth is...women could learn to be more rational and men could learn to be more verbal. In a marriage, this would exemplify love in both directions.

108 posted on 06/24/2004 6:32:39 AM PDT by what's up
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