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From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: More women than men
Message-ID: <349@azure.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 22:32:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 22:32:06 1985
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Reply-To: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
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In article <484@ihu1e.UUCP> mjv@ihu1e.UUCP (Vlach) writes:
>> 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.

I certainly don't.  My SQ (Social Quotient) is way down their when it comes
to asking girls out (so far I've asked 3 in 19 years).  I would love it if
the women would take the initiative.  It makes things sooo much easier.

>  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 would like a little aggressiveness, but not so much that one persons dominates
the relationship.  It should be an evenly balanced affair.

>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!)

Darn Tootin!

>
>Some ideas about this:  either men are just used to being the aggressor, or
>perhaps they like to feel like a conquering hero?  Dunno.

Same here.  I don't have these feelings so I can't really explain where they
come from.


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