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Mon 19 Nov, 2007 07:39 pm
Is there a sexual difference in perception of time, space and courtesy ?
Even just standing around a supermarket with a shopping cart,
women r always obstructing pedestrian traffic.
Thay don 't need the cart to obstruct; thay do it in all public places,
especially near elevators,
where thay choose to stand and turn their backs;
completely oblivious to stopping the free flow of pedestrian traffic,
whereas, in contrast, male adults for the most part r alert to courtesy in this regard.
If a guy is about to leave a parking space,
and u r waiting to take it,
u can c that he is quick to vacate, conscious of being courteous,
whereas women linger there forever, with no thought of courtesy; an alien concept.
I attribute it to a sexual distortion of time and space.
I remember many painful times of waiting for a girlfriend
to come down from her apt, to go for dinner,
while I am illegally parked by a fire hydrant, or in front of a driveway,
repeatedly calling her every 15 or 20 minutes and being told that she 'll be right down,
while she continues brushing her hair, or applying more cosmetics,
possibly changing clothes a few times, while I am sweating out the police
downstairs because there is nowhere legal to park.
Its not just one chic; its genetic.
I 'm sure its in the DNA.
What can we do about it ?
David
I think you mean "gender" difference, not "sexual".
And no, not much difference from where I sit.
Try getting a guy to leave for an appointment when there's a game on - they just always have to see the last throw, bodycheck, whatever (there's your 'time' example)...
I don't see too many women sprawled out in the living room, asleep and snoring, in front of the tv with a game on and the remote attached to their hand, hogging the whole couch. Another one would be who takes up the most room in bed? In my experience, it's the guy... (that would be your 'space' example).
When was the last time a man dropped me off at the restaurant when it was pouring out while he went to park? (and there's your last argument - courtesy - speared head on).
Oh, Mame.... Don't forget about the time they take to polish and admire their guns. :wink:
Men. On the subway. Taking up more than one person's share of a double or triple seat.
Why?
Because apparently their balls are too big to get their legs any closer together.
Pah.
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There's a reason women's rates for auto and life insurance tend to be lower (unless you're in a jurisdiction that doesn't allow gender-based discrimination).
Re: SEXUAL DIFFERENCE IN SENSE OF TIME, SPACE & COURTESY
OmSigDAVID wrote:Is there a sexual difference in perception of time, space and courtesy ?
Misogyny is rife, all. Not gunner say where.
I dunno...I have a much better inner compass than most men. I can't count the number of times I've been driving, or riding with a man, and Know we're supposed to turn left, and not the direction he wants to turn.
I'm not talking in city driving either. I mean out in the country where roads wind around back on each other.
My sense of the amount of time having passed is much better too.
I'm completely dissatified, by either gender when they give an answer like "A while back" when I ask how long ago something happened.
I've found "a while back" can mean anything from an hour ago, or a few centuries.
I recently asked a male how long ago he finished a task
"I don't know, quite a while ago"
How long ago was that?
"I can't say...a long time ago"
Was it a year ago?
"Oh no! not that long!"
A month ago?
"No"
A week?
"Ok, I guess...yeah...last Thursday"
Women do that too though, but I'm pointing out errors in the time space continuum are not based soley on the persons sex.
Sexual difference is correct, Mame. In English, only pronouns have gender - people have sex. Gender sounds somehow more delicate, but that's the way it is.
Other languages differ in the application of gender to other than pronouns, of course.
sounds wrong to me but i'll take your word for it, roger.
hmm, well my sense of time can get distorted during sex, but that seems to be the same for most people
I don't think that's a sexual difference, or a gender difference, just, like a fact, dude.
Roger, I had to look this up because I'm used to hearing things like "gender-based blah blah" and your post made me wonder if I'd been learning nouveau-English... This is from the Merriam Webster dictionary:
gender2 a: sex <the> b: the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
Sexual:
Main Entry: sex·u·al
Pronunciation: \ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl, ˈsek-shəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus sex
Date: 1651
1 : of, relating to, or associated with sex or the sexes <sexual> <sexual>
Intrepid wrote:Oh, Mame.... Don't forget about the time they take to polish and admire their guns. :wink:
Its important that thay shud not rust.
Re: SEXUAL DIFFERENCE IN SENSE OF TIME, SPACE & COURTESY
solipsister wrote:OmSigDAVID wrote:Is there a sexual difference in perception of time, space and courtesy ?
Misogyny is rife, all. Not gunner say where.
Very rich; I love it.
David
Mame wrote:I think you mean "gender" difference, not "sexual".
Well, "gender" is a noun.
Modifying "difference" another noun, that 'd be like incest.
"Sexual" is an adjective, hence better suited to modify a noun.
Other than that, its 6 or half a dozen.
Quote:And no, not much difference from where I sit.
Try getting a guy to leave for an appointment when there's a game on - they just always have to see the last throw, bodycheck, whatever (there's your 'time' example)...
I don't see too many women sprawled out in the living room, asleep and snoring, in front of the tv with a game on and the remote attached to their hand, hogging the whole couch. Another one would be who takes up the most room in bed? In my experience, it's the guy... (that would be your 'space' example).
When was the last time a man dropped me off at the restaurant when it was pouring out while he went to park? (and there's your last argument - courtesy - speared head on).
How does that rank against sweating out the police
while she continues primping ?
Mame wrote:Roger, I had to look this up because I'm used to hearing things like "gender-based blah blah" and your post made me wonder if I'd been learning nouveau-English... This is from the Merriam Webster dictionary:
2 a: sex <the> b: the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
Well, fan me with a blowtorch.
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