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From: melissa@mit-trillian.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: female win/win vs male win/lose
Message-ID: <124@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 18:22:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 18:22:49 1986
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But WHY would women prefer win/win over win/lose? I have a theory on
that. I think that females in most societies today are brought up the
exact opposite of men. That is, if men are told that they must always
be winning and to win the other guy must lose, women are taught to
lose, to give in and let the man win. Now any smart person can see that
there's only one way for the woman to the let the man win and still
win herself, and that's to find a win/win solution. 
I personally have quite a few recollections from childhood that indicate
that I was supposed to give in. ("Mommy, mommy, billy took my bubble-maker."
"Boys will be boys; why don't you find something else to do?")
I have always been very conciliatory, and I don't think it has anything
to do with biology.

Any comments? Do any other females netters out there recall similar
experiences? Any to the contrary?

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Melissa Silvestre