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I'm male and I find it so bizarre that men behave in this manner. But it happens so often that I wonder sometimes if I'm the one who is not normal. I love wome

by skc 9y ago

I'm male and I find it so bizarre that men behave in this manner. But it happens so often that I wonder sometimes if I'm the one who is not normal. I love women. I am attracted to them constantly. But the thought of making sexual advances towards them when I have not received any sign of interest beyond friendship or business etc, repulses me. How hard can it be to just be nice. As men we really need to do better.

Gigablah 9y ago
A lot of the responses in this comment section have been eye-opening, and not in a good way.
e40 9y ago
I have felt this way my whole life. I'm just starting to think the same, that I'm the abnormal one. I had assumed that we, as a society, were on the downhill side of women's equality. Then Sessions became the AG and I watched women testifying in front of Congress treated like it was 1950. I think all that progress we made over the last 50 years was partly in my head.
barrkel 9y ago
FWIW, I've never noticed signs of interest from the opposite sex; it was only after the fact, when I talked about an odd occurrence, or someone acting unusually, that people told me that it was probably a sign of interest. I didn't start a relationship until I started making much more active moves; that took many years. My point being, I don't think it's that unusual for many men to simply not notice these signs you find obvious. To this day I can't tell. I'd be having dinner at a restaurant with my parents and my father would tell me that the waitress was unsuccessfully trying to flirt with me! (I mean this as no defense of Dave. My fault is never noticing and never acting when it's welcome; I have never acted without verbal or written invitation. It took my current partner sending me a text saying that she was worried I wasn't into her, before I knew I could move further.)

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I'm male and I find it so bizarre that men behave in this manner. But it happens so often that I wonder sometimes if I'm the one who is not normal. I love wome

by skc 9y ago

Gigablah 9y ago
A lot of the responses in this comment section have been eye-opening, and not in a good way.
e40 9y ago
I have felt this way my whole life. I'm just starting to think the same, that I'm the abnormal one. I had assumed that we, as a society, were on the downhill side of women's equality. Then Sessions became the AG and I watched women testifying in front of Congress treated like it was 1950. I think all that progress we made over the last 50 years was partly in my head.
barrkel 9y ago
FWIW, I've never noticed signs of interest from the opposite sex; it was only after the fact, when I talked about an odd occurrence, or someone acting unusually, that people told me that it was probably a sign of interest. I didn't start a relationship until I started making much more active moves; that took many years. My point being, I don't think it's that unusual for many men to simply not notice these signs you find obvious. To this day I can't tell. I'd be having dinner at a restaurant with my parents and my father would tell me that the waitress was unsuccessfully trying to flirt with me! (I mean this as no defense of Dave. My fault is never noticing and never acting when it's welcome; I have never acted without verbal or written invitation. It took my current partner sending me a text saying that she was worried I wasn't into her, before I knew I could move further.)