The difference between men and women

[Congratulations]

5. If you (a guy) walk in a straight line on the sidewalk you will slightly nuge the shoulders of (bump in to) women but never men. Men seem to have a better "radar" to steer cleer from other men.

See, now that's an interesting perspective.

[amar]

[feadogin]

Women live longer and are more likely to survive a famine.

J.

[Doug_Tipple]

Only a woman would ask me if I would like a pedicure for my birthday.
OK, I know that they massage your feet and it feels good, but, really,
I would just as soon have some new tools or perhaps a music CD.

[Jack]

Women live longer and are more likely to survive a famine.

J.

I wonder why?

[izzarina]

They also don't get to take to their bed when sick or ever get too tired.

Women have to keep going.

SIGH! Unfortunately, I resemble that remark these days!

[Innocent Bystander]

The difference between men and women is that practically all women have a part of their body that they don't like.


(When asked "What part of your body do you not like" most men go into a "duh" loop.)

[MagicSailor]

Hi

The difference between women and men is that men will usually be on time for an appointment. A woman will only ever be on time for an appointment with her hairdresser.

(From someone who has been stood up so many times I can no longer be bothered to ask... anyone.)

Regards,

Owen Morgan

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[Nanohedron]

Aha. It's back.

I am struck by the fact that for almost every example I see here, I remember examples to counter them.

5. If you (a guy) walk in a straight line on the sidewalk you will slightly nuge the shoulders of (bump in to) women but never men. Men seem to have a better "radar" to steer cleer from other men.

See, now that's an interesting perspective.

I'm thinking this may be in some part cultural or according to locale. Which is sort of cultural in a way, too, I guess. Within the city proper of Minneapolis, I haven't noticed any really definite tendencies about the personal-to-public space thing either way, except that when someone, man or woman, sets up a big - or what I might better call assertive - personal space on a public walkway, it seems to be more often when with someone else. Very often in that case it's more a sort of "You'll move before I will" vibe. Hiding behind the skirts of strength in numbers, I guess. So what I see is more of a social phenomenon. I don't know if it's locale-specific.

But that's how I'm interpreting it; not as an issue of radar, but of claimed space. You would think that men might be more assertive in this, but I don't see that; I'll concede that when they are in groups, I'll expect women to demonstrate an assertive personal space. Singly, either sex could go either way, in my experience.

BTW, the "Question to the Mods" thread is now gone missing. How appropriate.

[mutepointe]

a man works from sun to sun,
a woman's work is never done.

i thought that interesting about not being able to tell the difference between male and female musicians but being able to thell the difference with composers. i want to do so independent observations of that.

[Jack]

i thought that interesting about not being able to tell the difference between male and female musicians but being able to thell the difference with composers. i want to do so independent observations of that.

Jennifer Leitham, the left-handed jazz bassist, is an interesting case to learn about.

[Doug_Tipple]

I often walk holding hands with my wife, side-by-side on the sidewalks in our neighborhood. Most of the residential sidewalks are wide enough so that only two people can walk abreast. Clearly, when you are approaching oncoming pedestrians, both groups cannot continue to walk abreast. I usually will step behind my wife and walk in single file as we pass the other people and their dogs. However, I have noticed that when two women are walking side by side and I am approaching as a lone male, some of the women will act as if they own the sidewalk and expect me to step off of the sidewalk to let them pass. Stubborn as I am, I don't do this. Rather than walk right into them, when I see that they don't plan to alter their sidewalk-hogging behavior, I stop in place and let them walk into me if they will. Sometimes they indeed walk into me, but usually they will give me a hostle look, as if I am deliberately trying to provoke them.

[Jack]

...I have noticed that when two women are walking side by side and I am approaching as a lone male, some of the women will act as if they own the sidewalk and expect me to step off of the sidewalk to let them pass. Stubborn as I am, I don't do this. Rather than walk right into them, when I see that they don't plan to alter their sidewalk-hogging behavior, I stop in place and let them walk into me if they will. Sometimes they indeed walk into me, but usually they will give me a hostle look, as if I am deliberately trying to provoke them.

You should stand there with both hands in your pockets, blink your eyes furiously fast, jump up and down, and repeat "butcher knife, butcher knife" over and over.

That's what I do.

[djm]

Women are better complainers than men. I'm not sure if this started out as a genetic thing, but women have had so many eons to perfect this talent that it now appears to be genetic.

djm

[buddhu]

Please, in one sentence only (per post), finish the sentence:


The difference between men and women is <your response here>.

I'll start.

The difference between men and women is that women put a napkin in the lunchbox.

OK, feeble, but it struck me this morning, since my wife happened to pack my lunch for me this morning, which in itself was unusual.

The difference between men and women is... fun