Couldn’t agree more. There are theories in psychology that men are more visual, and interested in the literal nature of what they are looking at (i.e. a young, fit, healthy, beautiful woman) while women are interested in what it implies about the man they are looking at (wealth, power, sophistication, the dexterity to tie a bow-tie).

It obviously isn’t as black-and-white as all that, and everyone is different, but that’s the general idea over the population at large. I’m also talking about immediate attraction, rather than full-on relationships.

The gender differences in erotica would seem to suggest that women just don’t get the kick out of purely visual stimulation that men do (again, on average, population wide).

I came to this blog off 37signals… said it was good writing!

What I want to know is where are all the hunky men whose coat, vest, tie, button down shirt and tshirt are about to fly off? It’s really unfair.

That’s because when women want to dress up, they put on something revealing – i.e., the cocktail dress. When men want to dress up, we put on something that covers every possible part of our body but our face and hands – i.e., the tuxedo. What, are we hideous? I don’t know, but them’s the rules, as far as I can tell.

In practical terms, it means that men are miserable outdoors in summer and women are cold indoors year-round.

I’d be interested in seeing how he would have reacted to the same energetic shout of a reverse racial slur. Fight crazy with crazy, not your fists. It’s safer and much more entertaining.

But speaking to the near confrontation… glad you didn’t have to kick him in the head with your crocks and then beat him into submission with a brand new copy of DWWS.