Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihuxf!features From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <2631@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 04:18:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxf.2631 Posted: Sat Jul 13 04:18:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:56:35 EDT References: <210@cuuxa.UUCP><462@unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 > > And the idea wasn't that there was a man on the other side of the door. > > But rather that (generally speaking) a man is gonna knock on your door > > a hellofalot more often than you'll knock on his. > > > Hmmm, I suppose this is true, but I have generally found that men PREFER to > be the one making the moves. It just so happens that I am a somewhat > aggressive female, and many of the men I know and/or have pursued find me > intimidating. (I have been told about this directly by close male friends.) > I know a lot of men claim to want women to make the first move, but in > practice I find it disturbs many of them. (Of course, some of them think > it's wonderful!) > > Some ideas about this: either men are just used to being the aggressor, or > perhaps they like to feel like a conquering hero? Dunno. Gee, it looks as though (seemingly) aggressive women are the only ones allowed to work here! I've been told I belong in that crowd, aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features