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What Women Want
NY Times ^
| May 24, 2005
| JOHN TIERNEY
Posted on 05/24/2005 12:48:37 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: shoffma1999
I have seen that phenomena but I've also seen situations in which women cooperate together. It's hard for me to say personally as I am an extremely non-competitive person so that undoubtedly affects what I observe in this sphere. Or maybe I just get along well with other women....
To: blueblazes
I've also seen situations in which women cooperate together. Ya, on shoe shopping trips, and outings to the outlets.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:04:45 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: shoffma1999
I don't know if you have ever been involved in a team atmosphere with a bunch of women but it seems to me they are generally much less cooperative, and more backstabing then men. Males will certainly compete and hash out who the alpha male is, but once the pecking order is determined they generally do what is best for the team. Whereas it appears to me that women continually undermine each other
my findings as well.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:04:57 PM PDT
by
stompk
To: Phantom Lord
I happen to pride myself on my driving, though I do sense that I am in the minority of females in that.
I am very non-competative face to face, but put me in a car and I'm a total guy.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:05:02 PM PDT
by
pa mom
To: oblomov
Can't pay your bills with psychic income and for a long time most doctors were men. I think being a doctor frequently has more to do with abstract things such as reading results and making diagnoses rather than patient care. The actual patient care, provided by nurses, orderlies, etc, pays much less, although personally I think it might be of greater value to the patient.
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:06:10 PM PDT
by
FreedomFarmer
(Socialism is not an ideology, it is a disease. Eliminate the vectors.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:06:24 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Phantom Lord
"And women don't manipulate things? Your kidding right?"
You do understand the difference between "things" as in inanimate objects, and "people" don't you? Women are better at manipulating people while men are better at manipulating things.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
monday
To: neverdem
". . .and the really good women passed up a lot of money by not entering tournaments they would have won."
Oh, I see the problem. This wasn't written by a writer.
It was written by a fortune teller.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:07:04 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: neverdem
I know what women want. Sorry ladies, I'm happily married.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:07:24 PM PDT
by
exile
(Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
To: 1L
I disagree. Women can be the most uncooperative, especially when they don't feel they've been emotionally rewarded. As you said, there are always exceptions.
we had to watch a "gender sensitive" training video once. they actually taught that women tend to work "pro-quo".
it was a "you never say hi to me, why should I do this for you" and "I've helped you twice as often as you've helped me, so I'm moving slowwwwly" kind of deal. very interesting video.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:07:39 PM PDT
by
stompk
To: TheBigB
What Women Want
Chocolate. Next question? For me --- SEX... but then I've always been a little different, just ask mr. coder2
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:08:55 PM PDT
by
coder2
To: Phantom Lord
I think there was a lot of truth to what Summers was saying. I think he was basically right in his suppositions of why there are so much fewer women in engineering. Most women aren't interested in engineering -we're not wired that way. It's biological. However, I think Summers also had a greater problem as he apparently did not treat the women he did have under his authority fairly or equally. Women who do enter these fields and show competence should be treated the same as men (as competent men should be treated equally in female dominated fields). Summers was using his ideas about biology as an excuse not to treat the women in his dept fairly. At least that is my understanding and based on my long experience of academia - probably fairly accurate.
To: blueblazes
"The actual patient care, provided by nurses, orderlies, etc, pays much less, although personally I think it might be of greater value to the patient."
It's supply and demand. If it were as easy to train to be a doctor as to be a nurse, there would be just as many doctors as nurses and being one wouldn't pay any better than being a nurse.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:10:10 PM PDT
by
monday
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:10:24 PM PDT
by
FreedomFarmer
(Socialism is not an ideology, it is a disease. Eliminate the vectors.)
To: neverdem
What Women Want:
All of the closet space for way too many shoes and purses. This is not speculation on my part.
To: neverdem
[ What Women Want ]
You mean Oprahs Harpocrites or other kinds of women..
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:10:44 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: shoffma1999
Another observation: despite their having excellent skills as observation and intuition, women seem to lack risk-taking skills. In a competitive environment, the one who takes a risk often beats the competition. On "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," women are hesitant at making snap decisions and will tend to be more cautious. Men are often better at "trusting their gut" and acting on a hunch.
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:11:46 PM PDT
by
gregwest
To: FreedomFarmer
lol! Women want full service gas stations?
To: FreedomFarmer
$1.51 a gallon !!!
Tell me where !!! LOL
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posted on
05/24/2005 1:11:58 PM PDT
by
coder2
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