sami Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Is it true that men are always after SEX while only that women want is LOVE and AFFECTION or this is only a myth?. Link to post Share on other sites
Kat Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Did you even have to ask? NO! Get rid of the blanket statements will you Link to post Share on other sites
Author sami Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 Thank U much for your brief and direct answer. However, the overwhelming opinion here in the States is that men are after sex while women are looking for romance. Would you elaborate more on that. Appreciated. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 However, the overwhelming opinion here in the States is that men are after sex while women are looking for romance That people believe in stereotypes and myths does not make them true. This is a very useful piece of information to carry with you throughout your life. You cannot reduce complex human beings to a single sentence. Volumes of books have been written to describe human behaviour, and we still don't understand each other. So one facile phrase certainly cannot capture the essence of male-female relationships. Link to post Share on other sites
HokeyReligions Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I got this in an email a long time ago. No one knows where it came from and its not copywrited as far as anyone knows. It's funny, I think, and does have a bit of truth in it. As for your original question: Its a myth. Men and women want both things -- just not always at the same time! LOL Differences Between Men and Women One basic truth: men and women are different. Now, this may seem a little simplistic, but the fact is, for a period of about six months in 1973, it was very fashionable to believe that we were all persons first, and members of our gender second. This, of course, was complete rubbish. We are different -- in our habits, and in the way we react to environmental stimuli and the way we spend our leisure time; and we are especially different when it comes to our attitudes regarding relationships. My personal observations have uncovered many significant differences between men and women. RELATIONSHIPS First of all, a man does not call it a relationship. He refers to it as romance, or a period of dating, of going out, or, in some unfortunate circumstances, "that time when me and Suzie was doing it on a semi-regular basis." When a relationship ends, a woman will cry, and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men are Idiots." Then she will get on with her life. A man has a little more trouble letting go. For six months, his ex may not hear from him, but then, at three on Saturday night/Sunday morning, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I'll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you're a total floozy. But I want to let you know there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You/I Love You" drunken phone call. Ninety-nine percent of all men past the age of 21 have made this call at least once. Some men make a career of these calls. There are community colleges that offer extension courses to help men get over this need; alas, these classes rarely prove effective. HANDWRITING To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chickenscratch. Women use scented, colored stationary, and they dot their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p's" and "g's." It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end of the note. BATHROOMS A man has 6 items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, a razor, a bar of soap and a towel. The average number of items in a typical women's bathroom is 237. A man would not be able to identify most of these items. GOING OUT When a man says he is ready to go out, it means he is ready to go out. When a woman says she is ready to go out, it means she will be ready, as soon as she makes one phone call and finds her other earring. SHOES When preparing for work, a woman will slip on casual shoes. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man will wear one pair of shoes for the entire day. MIRRORS Men are vain; they will check themselves out in the mirror. Women are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface, mirrors, spoons, shop windows, toasters. THE TELEPHONE Men see the telephone as a communication tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours. LOW BLOWS Let's say a man and a woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the figures is felled by a low blow. The woman says, "That must hurt." The man doubles over and actually feels the pain. DIRECTIONS If a woman is out driving, and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a garage and ask for directions. Men consider this to be a sign of weakness. Men will never stop and ask for directions. Men will drive in a circle for hours, all the while saying things like, "Looks like I've found a new way to get there." and, "I know I'm in the general neighbourhood. I recognize that Tescos." ADMITTING MISTAKES Women will sometimes admit making a mistake, but they usually try make it look like it was the mans fault. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer. DRESSING UP A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the rubbish, answer the phone, read a book, get the post. A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals. TOYS Little girls love to play with toys. Then when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and silly and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TV's. Car phones. Complicated juicers and blenders. Graphic equalizers. Small robots that serve cocktails on command. Video games. Anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least 6 "D" batteries to operate. LAUNDRY A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were really hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty tracksuit inside out, rent a truck and take his mountain of dirty clothes to the Launderette. SOCKS Men are sensible about socks. They wear argyle socks or standard white sweatsocks. Women wear strange socks. Socks with pictures of clouds on them. Socks that are cut way below their ankles. Socks that have little fuzzy balls on the back. GARAGES Women use garages to park their cars and store their lawnmowers. Men use garages for many things. They hang license plates in garages, and they watch TV in garages, and they build useless lopsided benches in garages. Link to post Share on other sites
stewh Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Well I'm male and I feel that is very unfair. I accept there are many types of men out there who want different things including just sex and who treat others in different ways e.g. with no respect for there feelings. This applies to women too though. I certainly want love and affection as most people. A little loyalty wouldn't go amiss with the next one either lol Maybe you or whoever you heard this from are going for the wrong type of bloke? Link to post Share on other sites
SoleMate Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 It's a myth and a stereotype that definitely has SOME truth behind it - but only some. There are plenty of men who want love, and value it even over sex. In fact, a reason some men appear so crazy about sex is that they may see it as the most acceptable, "manly" way for them to give and receive love. And there are lots of women out there these days looking for sex. Link to post Share on other sites
magda Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 To say that anything is ALWAYS true is certainly false. It's pretty much accepted that women associate sex with emotional closeness much more than do men. For this reason, many women will not become sexually turned on or reach orgasm if they are not getting along with their partner, feeling close, etc. Men generally have a knack for keeping their weiners dissociated from their feelings & readily engage in sex regardless of whether or not his girlfriend kissed him goodbye in the morning or seemed a bit snappy at dinner. We women usually need all our emotions set right before we'll want to be getting jiggy. This is often why so many women will give their men sex they may not otherwise be in the mood for in hopes to bring the two of them closer & are so susceptible to pressure to have sex. Link to post Share on other sites
faux Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by sami Is it true that men are always after SEX while only that women want is LOVE and AFFECTION or this is only a myth?. I have witnessed the exact opposite. The answer is "No", this is not true. However, stereotypes exist for a reason. Not everyone in a group will fit a stereotype, but there are usually enough that do for the stereotype to exist. Link to post Share on other sites
UCFKevin Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 What a STUPID thing to assume. Hate to be so blunt, but damn. That's like asking, "Is it true men are after a trophy wife, and women are only after men's money?" COME ON. Link to post Share on other sites
mintjulep Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by UCFKevin What a STUPID thing to assume. Hate to be so blunt, but damn. That's like asking, "Is it true men are after a trophy wife, and women are only after men's money?" COME ON. What I find more interesting is that peopleare offended that the question is asked, but many people on this site use these stereotypes as arguments in other, semi-unrelated posts. Link to post Share on other sites
UCFKevin Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I sure as hell ain't one of those people. Link to post Share on other sites
CurlyIam Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I'd personally love to be cruizing right now or get really drunk, but it seems I've got a bit too much of a conscience for it. I guess that makes me a coward ! Link to post Share on other sites
mintjulep Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by UCFKevin I sure as hell ain't one of those people. I hope I didn't imply that you were. Just trying to raise a point. Link to post Share on other sites
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