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From: fuji@ssc-bee.UUCP (Glen T Fujimori)
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Subject: Interesting article
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 15:59:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 15:59:31 1986
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I thought the following article would be of interest to this newsgroup:

[excerpted from Jan/Feb 1986 MENSA Bulletin No. 293]
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Vive la Difference? by Sylvia Sandberg
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Having devoted hours of research to the problem, consulting dozens of women, I
have reached the following conclusions:

   1. Men and women are not the same species;
   2. Men's brains operate (if that is the word) differently from women's; and
   3. I just don't understand them.

The obvious differences don't ruffle me (much). I know that men are visually 
stimulated, while women are emotion- and touch-oriented. I understand that
men are socialized to need loving relationships less than women do. I have 
even accepted that a man can make passionate, considerate love to a woman one
night, kiss her tenderly in the morning, and never have it occur to him to call
her again. But there are still things I don'd understand:

*Why can't a man be honest?* Or, alternatively: Why can't he do what he said he
would? It's not that he doesn't call that drives her crazy; it's that he didn't
call after promising to. It's really kinder not to pretend to be interested
(e.g., say you'll call or you'll get together) if you're not.

*Why do men always fall for the wrong women?* It really hurts, guys, when we
find you hurting from some woman who used you, love and admire you into feeling
better about yourself, then get unceremoniously dumped and have to watch while
another bitch walks all over you *again*. Is a little sense too much to ask for?

*Why are men so blind about noticing a woman is interested?* We're in a delicate
position, guys; some men can cope with a woman asking them out; most can't, and
we have no way of knowing which is which. What signals can we use to tell you
we're interested?
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Any comments guys and gals?

glen fujimori
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