Fletch456
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One or two that I don't think have been mentioned..
Insulting each other - women don't do it generally and seem to really mean it when they do. For us it's just part of our communication
Swearing - similar to above. A mate likes playing golf with me and pals more than wife cos his wife doesn't like him swearing. It doesn't seem so much to us.
The stereotypes - they all apply. This whole thread is about stereotypes / generalisations as it's talking about the male population as a whole, so there will always be exceptions. Plus your experience of the world, the number of people you know and what they do is likely to influence what you think. As a youngster I was very open minded and pro people doing what they heck they liked - part of my separating myself from my parents / self identity creation and natural open mindedness. I do like a woman who exercises in a vigorous (some female friends only cycle in a pootling kind of way) really into it kind of way, a woman who has no airs or graces about getting right into decorating or gardening or may be more serious diy - I am not entirely sure why I do but I do. It's just like when Clarkson interviewed Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise he asked TC if he got excited when a woman says 'V6 with twin overhead cam' (or whatever it was) when Diaz was describing her latest release.
However in recent years as I've approached and now entered middle age I have found more and more stereotypes exist; perhaps as I've met more people over time and got to know some better. It may be reasonable to call something manly / womanly if the majority of that sex indulge in that activity and the other do not - there's also something about it seeming a natural fit. So there will always be exceptions - I like cooking and am good at it and there are some people (though not v many now) who consider that womanly). Stereotypes that seem to me to hold true on some level - a predispotion for that sex:
women liking pink on some level. Prefering to decorate - the dainty variety - painting detail, detailed clothing, pretty flowers.
men - digging the garden, putting out the rubbish
women - caring for children / people generally
men - more comfortable on the whole talking about machines and things
men - don't talk about relationships much
women - do like to talk about relationships and tend to be open and honest with each other and ..talkative. I've a 2yr niece who can talk the hind legs off a donkey!!
Mind now I am defining men v women more than talking about stereotypes and..manliness...
manly - don't talk a lot, period. And feelings.....what are they?!
manly - use one bottle in the shower...two max! I've been into the shower at a friends and wondered which was the f'in shampoo.
Agree. Women are much more naturally modest.
Insulting each other - women don't do it generally and seem to really mean it when they do. For us it's just part of our communication
Swearing - similar to above. A mate likes playing golf with me and pals more than wife cos his wife doesn't like him swearing. It doesn't seem so much to us.
The stereotypes - they all apply. This whole thread is about stereotypes / generalisations as it's talking about the male population as a whole, so there will always be exceptions. Plus your experience of the world, the number of people you know and what they do is likely to influence what you think. As a youngster I was very open minded and pro people doing what they heck they liked - part of my separating myself from my parents / self identity creation and natural open mindedness. I do like a woman who exercises in a vigorous (some female friends only cycle in a pootling kind of way) really into it kind of way, a woman who has no airs or graces about getting right into decorating or gardening or may be more serious diy - I am not entirely sure why I do but I do. It's just like when Clarkson interviewed Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise he asked TC if he got excited when a woman says 'V6 with twin overhead cam' (or whatever it was) when Diaz was describing her latest release.
However in recent years as I've approached and now entered middle age I have found more and more stereotypes exist; perhaps as I've met more people over time and got to know some better. It may be reasonable to call something manly / womanly if the majority of that sex indulge in that activity and the other do not - there's also something about it seeming a natural fit. So there will always be exceptions - I like cooking and am good at it and there are some people (though not v many now) who consider that womanly). Stereotypes that seem to me to hold true on some level - a predispotion for that sex:
women liking pink on some level. Prefering to decorate - the dainty variety - painting detail, detailed clothing, pretty flowers.
men - digging the garden, putting out the rubbish
women - caring for children / people generally
men - more comfortable on the whole talking about machines and things
men - don't talk about relationships much
women - do like to talk about relationships and tend to be open and honest with each other and ..talkative. I've a 2yr niece who can talk the hind legs off a donkey!!
Mind now I am defining men v women more than talking about stereotypes and..manliness...
manly - don't talk a lot, period. And feelings.....what are they?!
manly - use one bottle in the shower...two max! I've been into the shower at a friends and wondered which was the f'in shampoo.
Agree. Women are much more naturally modest.
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I don't think many females do that
