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- From: kendall@adobe.com (Janice Kendall)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism,soc.women
- Subject: Re: Male Men Bashers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.003227.25542@adobe.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 00:32:27 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.182148.7154@wam.umd.edu> <1993Jan17.014306.7372@adobe.com> <1993Jan23.021251.7678@wam.umd.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan23.021251.7678@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan17.014306.7372@adobe.com> kendall@adobe.com (Janice Kendall) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan15.182148.7154@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>> Ahem. Anyone who truly believes that women seek "nice, sensitive
- >>> guys" for their mates is seriously deluded.
- >>
- >>OK. Let's define what "nice, sensitive guy" means...
- >>
- >>I am a woman and I wanted a "nice, sensitive guy". I've dated self-centered
- >>jerks and as I matured and came to care more about my own "quality of life"
- >>(yep - it's, arghhh, SELF-ESTEEM!), I quit seeing the self-centered jerks
- >>as better-than-me-and-therefore-desirable, and saw them as self-centered
- >>jerks not worth wasting my time on.
- >
- >
- > How old were you?
- >
- > This is precisely my point. I accept that women change *after*
- > they age, but the fact is, young women actively seek out the
- > abusive, until they mature and get a little self respect
- > (say, age 28 to 30, earlier for some, later or never for others).
-
- I don't prove your point. I was 20 when I decided that I wanted to be
- happy, that I deserved to be happy, and that I was the only one who could
- create my happiness.
-
-
- > Men have a different fixation (for which we tend to take a lot
- > of heat). What you fail to realize is that after spending all of
- > this time training us to be a certain way, you up and change the
- > requirements for what you're looking for.
-
- I don't think we change the requirements. What I have posted before is that
- women tend to like men who have a personality and a sense of self, a sense
- of direction. While we are busy being insecure young people (warning:
- serious generalization!), the guys that portray these traits are often the
- insecure ones that cover it up with bravado. The ones that display their
- insecurity through shyness - those "nice" guys - are not so attractive.
-
- Some day, you will quit blaming others for your lack of relationships,
- develop your own identity, learn to like yourself, be comfortable with
- yourself, look beyond a woman's physical aspects, get past caring what
- image you'll project by being with a certain woman, become clear on what
- it would be like to be with your ideal partner, and get on with your life.
- (No, I don't really know where you are in your life, I'm more trying to
- send a general message than to make broad assumptions about your life.)
-
-
- > And then have the gall to be angry that the only nice guys left
- > are those that were shy.
-
- Who's angry?
-
- >
- > To me, it's a given. I have tested it. Act kind, understanding--
- > no chance.
-
- Was your "act" simply a ploy to get sex? Any woman who has her head on
- straight would see right through you.
-
-
- > Be self centered, aloof and somewhat cold? They come
- > at you like flys to garbage.
-
- Just what kind of woman are you really trying to attract?
-
-
- >>"senstive" means they constantly question decisions, "Are you sure you
- >>want to do ______?" Overly insecure men ARE NOT attractive to most women.
- >
- >
- > Are you sure this isn't because they're paranoid about false
- > rape charges? Other things? (For one, I've had, and my friends
- > have gone out with many a lousy date--never has it really gone
- > beyond the immediate in-group. With women, on the other hand,
- > I've seen guys crucified in "passing the news" conversations..)
-
- You lost me here. My fill-in-the-blank above had NOTHING to do with sex
- (is that all you're looking for?). I was thinking more in terms of choosing
- everyday activities.
-
- >>Yamanari, what qualities do you look for in a woman? What is you concept
- >>of the ideal relationship - for you? How do you expect to be treated?
- >>How do you expect to treat your partner?
- >
- >
- > This is not relavent to the issue, and belongs in email anyway.
-
- It IS relevant. It helps to give context to the discussion.
-
- Janice Kendall kendall@adobe.com ...!{decwrl|sun}!adobe!kendall
-
- "Creativity overcomes violence."
- John Bradshaw on "Homecoming"
-