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- From: wilkinsonm@skyfox.usask.ca
- Subject: RE: love
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:25:26 GMT
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- In a previous article Cynthia J. Gibas writes:
-
- <>Why is it always... well, ok, not ALWAYS, but MOST of the time, that men
- <>react as if I've stuck them with a hot poker if I ask them out...and then
- <>say, 'uh, maybe some other time...' I personally would be shocked if
- <>someone said yes, and I ain't ugly! :-) :-)
- <>
- <>Answer that question, and you'll know why men 'must' ask women out...the
- <>traditional roles that most of us carry around without thinking about it make
- <>it shocking and slightly improper if it happens the other way around...and
- <>all but the most mellow of men seem to find a confident, 'forward' woman
- <>unappealing...no matter what they SAY they want.
- <>
- <>Want to go out, Dan? (I couldn't resist :)
-
- Hey Cindy!
-
- It is not the traditional 'roles' per se that makes it so
- shocking... it is that it happens so infrequently (SO infrequently)
- that guy's don't know how to react. I would find it hard to take
- seriously if a woman asked me out after a brief meeting (and I ain't
- ugly either!) simply becuase it has never happened to me! It is more
- typical for men to ask women out after brief meetings, but this isn't
- a 'role stereotype' as much as it is a difference in the way men and
- women approach relationships - in a sense, the role difference exists
- because there IS a difference, not because society has CREATED a difference.
- I don't mean to sound sexist, but men *generally* 'move faster' than
- women do, and thus are more likely to take the first move. Thus if
- a woman makes the first move (bounce bounce! (inside joke)) it IS surprising.
- I'm not admonishing women who are forward, but simply suggesting that
- they are still a rarity in our society, and that is probably NOT
- becuase most other women are 'role-playing', but more likely becuase there are
- simply FEWER OF THEM! It would be GREAT if we could 'share the
- responsibility' for initiating a relationship... but I doubt that it
- will ever happen simply becuse men are *more* inclined (for the right or
- wrong reasons) to make the first move. So I guess the upshot is 'get
- used to it guys'. Maybe if she isn't asking you out it is becuase she
- doesn't LIKE you...???
-
- I realize that this posting is FULL of generalities... but so is life.
- If you don't FIT the generality then congratulations!! But please
- don't send me hate mail!!
-
-
- Mark Wilkinson | The Four Food Groups: |
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- First things first... but not necessarily in that order
-