understanding the difference between men and women

[awol]

it will all be explained.

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[Sandy Eggo]

It's certainly not something that can be answered by a man. 

[awol]

It's certainly not something that can be answered by a man. 

you forgot to add "...in a way that will be accepted by any woman."

hey, if i'm gonna get heckled for my jokes, expect it back!

[Sunny]

What about this one?

[awol]

lmao!  i love that!

another of my fav's...

"a woman wants one man who can fulfill her every need.  a man wants every woman to fulfill his one need."

[Sandy Eggo]

you forgot to add "...in a way that will be accepted by any woman."

hey, if i'm gonna get heckled for my jokes, expect it back!

True, but if men would put a little effort into being right every now and then,  it wouldn't seem so unbalanced. 

Seriously? I think there are major differences and it'll never be understood, because as soon as you apply a common factor, a woman or man, comes along and proves it wrong. 

[Sandy Eggo]

Men Versus Women - The short story

"Remember the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"? Well, here's a prime example offered by an English professor at Southern Methodist University:

In-class Assignment for Wednesday:

Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple.  Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his other immediate right.  One of you will then write the first paragraph of a short story.  The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story.  The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back and forth.  Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to keep the story coherent. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached. The following was actually turned in by two of my  English students, Rebecca [last name deleted] and Gary [last name deleted.] "

At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he liked chamomile.  But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl.  His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again.  So chamomile was out of the question.

Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago.  "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his transgalactic communicator.  "Polar orbit established.  No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off, a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay.  The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for him.  Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning.  The news simultaneously excited  her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth  -- when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree with no newspapers to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her.  "Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.

Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live.  Thousands of miles above the city, the Au'udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles.  The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament Treaty through Congress had left Earth a defenseless  target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet.  With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion which vaporized Laurie and 85 million other Americans.  The President slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this!  I'm going to veto that treaty! Let's blow'em out of the sky!"

This is absurd.  I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic, semi-literate adolescent.

Yeah?  Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium.

Asshole.

Bitch. "

Comedy Central

[awol]

True, but if men would put a little effort into being right every now and then,  it wouldn't seem so unbalanced. 

Seriously? I think there are major differences and it'll never be understood, because as soon as you apply a common factor, a woman or man, comes along and proves it wrong. 

this is an interesting thought.  are you saying that rules cannot be applied where known exceptions exist?

for instance, the "rule" that men are larger and stronger than women cannot be applied because some men are weaker and smaller than some women?

[Sandy Eggo]

this is an interesting thought.  are you saying that rules cannot be applied where known exceptions exist?

for instance, the "rule" that men are larger and stronger than women cannot be applied because some men are weaker and smaller than some women?

Right. How about women are more emotionally driven than men? or Men (boys) are better at Mathematics and Science than women?  The known stereotypes really aren't a consistant fit for either gender and are of little use defining the differences between men and women. IMO

[awol]

Right. How about women are more emotionally driven than men? or Men (boys) are better at Mathematics and Science than women?  The known stereotypes really aren't a consistant fit for either gender and are of little use defining the differences between men and women. IMO

ok.  let's start with some basics.  "right and wrong" - murder.

murder is always wrong, right?

"justifiable homocide"
The normal rule in the criminal law is that those accused of crime should be convicted of an offense only if they have committed the actus reus (the Latin for "guilty act") of an offense, accompanied by the necessary mens rea (the Latin for "guilty mind") element. This reflects the libertarian ideal that a person should only be held legally responsible when he or she has chosen to break the law. Thus, if one person has killed another, intending to do so, the normal consequence would be a conviction for murder. But, for a variety of different public policy reasons, societies over the centuries have considered it morally acceptable and/or merely expedient for one person to kill another and to treat this killing as "justifiable" in a number of different situations.

so there is even an exception to "murder"...yet it is the accepted rule that murder is wrong...

[American_Woman]

LOL!  Come on I know you can find more!