Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!rch From: rch@brunix.UUCP (Rich Yampell) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What is sensitivity good for anyway? Message-ID: <9649@brunix.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Sep-84 01:22:12 EDT Article-I.D.: brunix.9649 Posted: Sat Sep 29 01:22:12 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 05:46:22 EDT References: randvax.1989, randvax.1970, <2647@mit-eddie.UUCP>, <1318@browngr.UUCP> Lines: 44 ]] I think the major effect of being sensitive is that women ]] will end up feeling a little guilty whe they keick your ]] teeth in, rather tha just complacently doing it. :-| > If that really *is* your attitude, the I don't blame them one bit > for ``kicking your teeth in''. > -Ed Hall Oh Ed, you are a sensitive, caring soul! Naturally, its his own fault if he gets his teeth kicked in and he deserves what he gets. Bogus reasoning. (Bogometer readings are off the scale, sir. I've never encountered readings like this before...). The fact of the matter is, that people don't start out with that kind of attitude. It is certainly not something which is popular in society and therefore not one which is embraced lightly. I can truly empathize. I have had my teeth kicked in enough times, but it took several hard kicks to make *me* that cynical. And I've watched the same metamorphosis in multiple friends of mine, as well. The fact is that you can only get kicked so many times before you lose the ability to bounce back with a bright, cheery smile and say "oh, it will be better next time!". I have no explanation for it (I've searched in vain), but my observations have been that it is usually the men who get kicked. It has certainly been true of both me and my friends, and there is consistantly *no* correlation between the person's initial attitude and whether they get kicked or not. There are, of course, obvious exceptions to this rule. But the only times I've ever seen a man kicking in a womans teeth in a relationship is when the man is just a complete asshole, overall, and is as likely to kick in the teeth of his male companions as well. >From what I've seen, women really control the game in the last analysis, and many of them sense this (whether consciously or not) and play it to its fullest. If I come off sounding like a misogynist, its only because I am. But that misses the point, because what I *really* am is a misanthrope. Most people are assholes, and as such, women have their fair share. snuggly zipped into my flame-proof suit, Rich Yampell