Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site aero.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!aero!foy From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy ) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: PMS and Incompetence Message-ID: <332@aero.ARPA> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 13:53:41 EDT Article-I.D.: aero.332 Posted: Wed Aug 7 13:53:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 22:20:52 EDT References: <2030CJC@psuvm> Reply-To: foy@aero.UUCP (Richard Foy (Veh. Systems)) Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA Lines: 28 In article <2030CJC@psuvm> CJC@psuvm.BITNET writes: >sides; so far I've seen two responses from men, both of whom stated that >Sunny's experience couldn't be representative. However neither tried to >answer this section of Sunny's posting: > >> On p>>the whole, from my observations of myself, and of other people, I'd >>have to say that on the average, women are less bothered by their sex >>than men are. Back in the old days, I all to often watched previously >>intelligent conversations between men grind to a total halt, or to >>blithering idiocy, as some nice looking woman walked by, and when she'd >>disappeared from sight, would turn to discussion of her "fuckability" >>rather than back to work. (was that blunt enough? no, not really). This >>behavior pattern is most observable in a group of only men. The presence > ---------------------------------- >>of women reduces it's effects. Much of it is a very animalistic jousting >> > >I don't recall observing a group women stopping their talk to ogle a passing >male, at least not since high school, nor discussing the possible sexual >merits of such a passer-by. Is this a real difference or isn't it? > My experience, both in male only groups and in thoughtful coversations with women, leads me to believe that the difference is real. The book "The Sex Contract" by Helen Fischer leads me to believe that the difference is a result of culturally conditioned genetic differences.