Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1e.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihu1e!mjv From: mjv@ihu1e.UUCP (Vlach) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <484@ihu1e.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 18:32:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1e.484 Posted: Thu Jul 11 18:32:49 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:23:52 EDT References: <210@cuuxa.UUCP><462@unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 14 > 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.