I mentioned in an earlier post that, despite my misgivings, I’d registered for an online dating service last month. I was a bit dismayed by many of the messages I received, but there was one in particular that struck me immediately and has become a sort of shorthand for all of the inappropriate comments strange [...]
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Posted in gender differences, men, women on Nov 10th, 2009
I originally wanted to call this post “Lying Sucks”, but I figured that Mike had more or less conveyed that with his story about “Glitter”. There are vast differences of opinion on the issue of lying, but there doesn’t seem to be a gender divide. It seems to me more a question of character.
As Mike [...]
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Generally, I think that the challenges parents face are similar, and that most of the differences between mothers and fathers are the result of artificial social constructs. But Mike’s most recent post about dating as a single parent has me thinking about the differences that exist purely by virtue of our gender.
I’ve always had [...]
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Posted in gender differences, men, women on Oct 28th, 2009
I’ve never bought into the whole “men and women communicate differently” thing. The only time I’ve ever run into that kind of problem has been when men tried to anticipate the right way to communicate with a woman and came up with something convoluted that bogged us all down.
I definitely agree that the message [...]
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