So how different really are the sexes?

Doc

At the end of the day are men and women really so very different from each other? For example if you were typing to someone over the internet and didn’t know before hand if the person was a man or a woman and couldn’t ask any direct questions relating to what sex they were how fast do you think you could work it out? (Obviously pretending that there are women on the internet which as we all know is just a lie "Disclaimer: this is a joke and I know that women use the internet").
Have you ever posted here and had a poster replied indicating that they were of the opposite sex to what you had originally thought? I know I have.
There are regularly a lot of treads here (often with titles like “ how come no Irish girls will ride me?” that somewhat brake down into the boys v’s the girls and often one lady will take up the baton for female kind and battle the hoards of evil sexist men until she gets tiered of the bull**** about sandwiches and stops posting. I mean we all eat and poop we all want our naughty bits touched nicely by people we think attractive. Why can’t we all just get along?

AeoNGriM

Doc wrote: »

At the end of the day are men and women really so very different from each other? For example if you were typing to someone over the internet and didn’t know before hand if the person was a man or a woman and couldn’t ask any direct questions relating to what sex they were how fast do you think you could work it out? (Obviously pretending that there are women on the internet which as we all know is just a lie "Disclaimer: this is a joke and I know that women use the internet").
Have you ever posted here and had a poster replied indicating that they were of the opposite sex to what you had originally thought? I know I have.
There are regularly a lot of treads here (often with titles like “ how come no Irish girls will ride me?” that somewhat brake down into the boys v’s the girls and often one lady will take up the baton for female kind and battle the hoards of evil sexist men until she gets tiered of the bull**** about sandwiches and stops posting. I mean we all eat and poop we all want our naughty bits touched nicely by people we think attractive. Why can’t we all just get along?

Yes, boobies and balls.

Uriel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31b_70kzfwQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Even this kid knows?

Micky Dolenz

Is this your way of telling us you had cyber sex with a bloke?

danniemcq

can usually tell on boards by some posters getting really pissy once a month,

smash

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina!

Loomis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urudy6cs1bE

Sunnyisland

Women can have babies and well men cant. Strange question coming from a doc

danniemcq

smash wrote: »

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina!

Pics or GTFO....

wait never mind

Zulu

Well IMO, the best ones are very different.

Deus Ex Machina

You sound like you'd be one of those captain save-a-ho lads on a night out.

Zulu

Who me?
...and what's a "captain save-a-ho"?
is that a dude that cock-blocks?
or an "any holes a goal" type?

Deus Ex Machina

Zulu wrote: »

Who me?
...and what's a "captain save-a-ho"?
is that a dude that cock-blocks?
or an "any holes a goal" type?

Not you, the op. It's those cûnts who try to come to a girl's defence when it clearly isn't necessary in a misguided attempt at gaining favour with her so he can lamp it into her later. It doesn't work, just looks pathetic and is the most beta approach to procuring mates imaginable.

Zulu

Ah those chaps. Make great friends, those fellas do. Fast track to friend zone.

Gummy Panda

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

You sound like you'd be one of those captain save-a-ho lads on a night out.

Maybe some posters are right and there is a misogynistic tone to some posts on AH

Zulu

Oh course there is Grummy, it's the internet. You find everything here in equal amounts: misogynistic posts; misandrist posts; racist posts. It's a product of anonymous hero posting.

Don't let it bother you.

amacachi

In the dark, it's all the same.

Dudess

Saying there's equal misogyny to misandry on Boards is a big, huge lie.

It's true OP, lots of female posters here are assumed to be male, but men and women are totally different still in fairness.

Dudess

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

You sound like you'd be one of those captain save-a-ho lads on a night out.

They exist for sure and can be cringey, but a guy telling another guy he's got a kunty attitude towards women isn't always a white knight type either - just making you aware of the distinction as you probably encounter it quite a bit, thread advising others to cum ON the hotties etc. Wonder how many hotties you've actually cum on...

AngryBollix

Dudess wrote: »

Saying there's equal misogyny to misandry on Boards is a big, huge lie.

It's true OP, lots of female posters here are assumed to be male, but men and women are totally different still in fairness.

Speaking of misogyny (alleged of course)

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/phil-hogans-smug-text-tells-woman-to-relax-and-feed-the-kids-0023008-1

Dudess

AngryBollix wrote: »

Dudess wrote: »

Saying there's equal misogyny to misandry on Boards is a big, huge lie.

It's true OP, lots of female posters here are assumed to be male, but men and women are totally different still in fairness.

Speaking of misogyny (alleged of course)

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/phil-hogans-smug-text-tells-woman-to-relax-and-feed-the-kids-0023008-1

I wouldn't call that misogyny, just being a twat.

the purple tin

AngryBollix wrote: »

Speaking of misogyny (alleged of course)

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/phil-hogans-smug-text-tells-woman-to-relax-and-feed-the-kids-0023008-1

Some members of this government seem to be going all out to scupper themselves at the next election.

Doc

I know the physical differences between men and women. What I want to know is do you guys think that the sexes think and act differently and in a situation such as we are in now where our sex is not immediately identifiable is it still easy to tell a guy from a girl. Oh and I don't stand up for girls who are being thick to try and have sex with them.

smash

Doc wrote: »

What I want to know is do you guys think that the sexes think and act differently and in a situation such as we are in now where our sex is not immediately identifiable is it still easy to tell a guy from a girl.

Well girls rarely say "pics or gtfo" or "your ma".

Jimoslimos

the purple tin wrote: »

Some members of this government seem to be going all out to scupper themselves at the next election.

The government are doing enough to scupper themselves but I'm not sure that story is for real.

As for misogyny here, I'm never sure whether it does exist in any great number or whether it's down to trolling (subtle or blatant) or young posters with misinformed opinions, who eventually will mature....hopefully.

As a resolution to myself I'm going to attempt to ignore any blatant wind-up posts beginning with,

I'm not racist but....
I'm not religious but...(usually as a precursor to a dig at 'militant atheists')
and any containing the phrases "PC brigade" and "bleeding heart liberals"

Doc

smash wrote: »

Well girls rarely say "pics or gtfo" or "your ma".

Have seen some say Your Da

smash

Doc wrote: »

Have seen some say Your Da

And then you know they're female!

Doc

smash wrote: »

And then you know they're female!

But it shows the same thinking

Jimoslimos

smash wrote: »

And then you know they're female!

or gay!

smash

Doc wrote: »

But it shows the same thinking

Well maybe, but I'm guessing that when a bloke says it they probably instinctively think of some hot milf. But when a girl says it they're just messing and there's probably no actual sexual thoughts.

Doc

smash wrote: »

Well maybe, but I'm guessing that when a bloke says it they probably instinctively think of some hot milf. But when a girl says it they're just messing and there's probably no actual sexual thoughts.

But thats what you think they think... they could be thinking about some hot difl

smash

Doc wrote: »

But thats what you think they think... they could be thinking about some hot difl

But futurama told me there's no real girls on the internet!

prinz

smash wrote: »

Well maybe, but I'm guessing that when a bloke says it they probably instinctively think of some hot milf. But when a girl says it they're just messing and there's probably no actual sexual thoughts.

Don't know about that, there's a few older gents that are very popular with the mrs :mad::pac:

blatantrereg

Not so different really. People perceive more difference than there is.

You see a different side of the opposite sex than you see in your own. Just because the nature of the relationships you experience are often different. Take a step back and you see the same things in both though.

prinz

Apples and oranges.

Zulu

smash wrote: »

But futurama told me there's no real girls on the internet!

There's like two girls on the interweb, and they've got their knickers in a serious twist!


...or they're stripping. I'm not too sure.

ihsb

I cannot put my finger on it, but I can usually tell quite quickly who is a man or woman on this. Maybe because men think about things that wouldn't even occur to me?

smash

ihsb wrote: »

I cannot put my finger on it, but I can usually tell quite quickly who is a man or woman on this. Maybe because men think about things that wouldn't even occur to me?

You're a woman?

:pac:

ihsb

smash wrote: »

You're a woman?

:pac:

Last time I checked I was..... yep I still am:p

smash

ihsb wrote: »

Last time I checked I was..... yep I still am:p

Pics or GTFO!


... now guess what I am!

Mr. Presentable

smash wrote: »

Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina!

Boys have willies, girls have gees

ihsb

smash wrote: »

Pics or GTFO!


... now guess what I am!

A prick?

smash

ihsb wrote: »

smash wrote: »

Pics or GTFO!


... now guess what I am!

A prick?

Bingo!

WindSock

Zulu wrote: »

There's like two girls on the interweb, and they've got their knickers in a serious twist!


...or they're stripping. I'm not too sure.

I suggest you invest in some larger Brenda Frickers if they are giving you a wedgie.

ihsb

smash wrote: »

Bingo!

Told you I was good

Zulu

I'm strippping; you must have me confused with someone else.

--LOS--

I think that we can be very similar yes neglecting physical differences. I think your point about mixing up the sexes on the internet proves that, which happens all the time. Most times we distinguish between the sexes on boards from people's avatars and usernames. When I had a more neutral avatar people would mistake me for the wrong sex too.

The King of Moo

Apart from the biological differences, we're all the same.

There are some people though, who really buy into the social gender constructs, "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" type stuff.

I know some women whose only focus in life is getting married, leaving work, and having 2.4 kids because they unthinkingly feel they're supposed to, not out of any genuine desire to do so, and get their conceptions of gender relations entirely from Boots ads and cut-and-paste facebook statuses.

Equally, I know some men who only see women as potential sexual conquests, assume all men like the specific sports they like (sample conversation I had recently: Guy: "Do you like the G.A.A?" Me: "Not really, I'm more into football." Guy: "Yeah, I'd say we'll do well in the hurling this year, what do you think?") and would be very wary of anything that might seem "girly" or "gay."

While I do seem to notice slightly more men conforming to such outdated stereotypes (no idea why, maybe I just spend more time with men overall, or are more aware of their actions), people like this are in the minority, and most people I know are interesting, complex people combining aspects traditionally seen as both masculine and feminine, regardless of their gender.

Also, I'm a man, you might be surprised to know.
*files nail while humming Florence + the Machine song*

ihsb

The King of Moo wrote: »

I know some women whose only focus in life is getting married, leaving work, and having 2.4 kids because they unthinkingly feel they're supposed to, not out of any genuine desire to do so, and get their conceptions of gender relations entirely from Boots ads and cut-and-paste facebook statuses.

That is exactly what I want. No social construct. Just what I want from life. I hate it when people tell me it is what I want because the media put it on me. I think nowadays the media is telling woman the opposite.

The King of Moo

ihsb wrote: »

That is exactly what I want. No social construct. Just what I want from life. I hate it when people tell me it is what I want because the media put it on me. I think nowadays the media is telling woman the opposite.

People can genuinely want those things too, and I don't doubt that's what you really want. I know some people who got married and had kids because that's what they wanted to do.

But I do know a couple of people without an original thought in their heads who got married to people they didn't really care about and started a family with them just because they felt they should, without ever actually considering whether they ought to or really wanted to.

Thankfully such people are in the minority nowadays.

cremeeggeater

I think it's more acceptable for women to be open with their emotions and women fuss over the smaller details.

I think men often bypass the little things, which can be both good and bad.

Those are both personal generalizations though and I'm in no way saying that everyone conforms to them. Sometimes I think I have the opposite mindset, I certainly get on better with the opposite sex.