the one for the boys thread got me thinking. The list there, like many others, is of course a generalistaion that holds some truth. I look at each one & think yep that's true of all the girls I know, except X & possibly Y too.
But how true are these generalisations? I for one constantly bucj the male trend - I don't watch sports. The most I know about my car is its make, colour, and if I'm feelnig smart what fuel it takes. And I don't do 1 night stands (have you ever tried to explain that to a girl without her thinking that you think she's ugly?). Anyway, I was wondering how other people felt, when presented with the steriotype, as to how many thought they fitted it or bucked it?
i wouldn't exactly call myself "one of the boys".
i have long(-ish) hair.
two of my best friends are female.
i don't drink beer. (o.k.-so i'm only 16...😛)
i don't want to drive.
horror moveis scare me. (well-i hide behind a coushine instead of saying "this isn't scary at all while actually crapping myself...)
i can't read a map. (i'm now looking through the "one for the boys" thread-are we meant to be able too? 😛)
i can't sit still.
i can't fight.
i can't get to the point.
i spent half an hour deciding what video to rent the other night...
i do play rugby though...and i am straight 😉
Stereotypes aren't meant to apply to everybody.
There are people who fit them to greater or lesser degrees and people who don't.
I've even heard of men who are obsessed by shoe shopping and own many pairs.
Me: I'm not into sports (except F1), I don't do lad's nights out (never really have), I DO know something about car mechanics (only cos I own a 1971 VW Beetle), I don't like to fight, etc...
On the other hand, I can read maps instinctively (but so can my wife, although her sense of direction is terrible - close her eyes and spin her round and she is lost).
Originally posted by geniusI have mutilated hair.
i wouldn't exactly call myself "one of the boys".
i have long(-ish) hair.
two of my best friends are female.
i don't drink beer. (o.k.-so i'm only 16...😛)
i don't want to drive.
horror moveis scare me. (well-i hide behind a coushine instead of saying "this isn't scary at all while actually crapping myself...)
i can't read a map. (i ...[text shortened]... deciding what video to rent the other night...
i do play rugby though...and i am straight 😉
I don't have many non-rhp friends.
I don't like beer....
I start driving next week and will likely be scared out of my wits.
I do enjoy horror movies for their comedic value.
I can read a map, but that has very little to do with this subject.
I can't fight, except with snideness.
No rugby for me...just bicycling.
Straight though.
One of the boys?
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Originally posted by geniusBut can you watch a TV program at the same time as being on the phone to one of your mates and ordering clothes from a catalogue? Only women can truly multitask.
i wouldn't exactly call myself "one of the boys".
i have long(-ish) hair.
two of my best friends are female.
i don't drink beer. (o.k.-so i'm only 16...😛)
i don't want to drive.
horror moveis scare me. (well-i hide behi ...[text shortened]... he other night...
i do play rugby though...and i am straight 😉
Another example - I was recently playing backgammon on line with my sister in law. She was playing backgammon with me, but was simultaneously chatting on yahoo to her sister, on the phone to her mother and was doing mathematical calculations related to her research on the physics of the solar wind (She's at Boston University).
I got the hang of carrying on a complete conversation at school and still being able to repeat the last couple of sentences the teacher just said, Word perfect. It really mystified some of them as they were convinced I hadn't been paying attention. (I never actually pointed out that listening and paying attention are two different things🙂)
James
I suppose that in many mays I do fit the generalization, but only to a degree. For example:
I'm one of the last people you'd ever want to fight, but I wouldn't fight unless I had to.
I don't like most beers, but I do have a soft spot for sake.
I'm pretty handy with cars and other mechanics, but I don't drive.
Once in my life I slept with a girl on our first date...... I married her a year later.
I hate watching the sports people love to play (football, basketball, etc.), and I love to play the sports people hate to watch (golf, bowling, etc.).
So I do fit the bill to a point, but only so long as the point is fairly obscure. 😉
Originally posted by jimmi tthat's due to you (& all of us) having 3 layers of memory (OK, so this is a simplification, but it'll do for now). You were using your shortest term memory, that used for the here & now activities, to listen to your teacher. The fact that you weren't concentrating on them meant that it wouldn't pass into your longer term memory so you'd get to the end of the class & not remember a word. But at any point during the class you'd be able to remember the past ~20 seconds pof what had been said because it was strill in your short term memory. A handy tool to develop.
I got the hang of carrying on a complete conversation at school and still being able to repeat the last couple of sentences the teacher just said, Word perfect. It really mystified some of them as they were convinced I hadn't been paying attention. (I never actually pointed out that listening and paying attention are two different things🙂)
James
Originally posted by iamatigerHow mentally challenging was this TV program? Sometimes when I'm bored I will watch several TV programs at once by rapidly switching channels. It makes them slightly less predictable. I can't do simultaneous conversations though - if I get distracted for longer than a few seconds I forget what I'm talking about.
But can you watch a TV program at the same time as being on the phone to one of your mates and ordering clothes from a catalogue?