Are you satisfied with your gender?

boo boo · 07-03-2010, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dom

I'm happy with being male as I find girls tend to go through a lot more pain as they tend to be more emotionally unstable and then there's childbirth and stereotypes etc.

You know if this so true why is the great majority of criminals, sexual offenders and psychopathic killers male?

ribbons · 07-03-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

You know if this so true why is the great majority of criminals, rapists and psychopathic killers male?

Nothing against men, but I absolutely agree with you, boo hoo. I certainly do not agree that women are "more emotionally unstable" than men.

I think neither women nor men have the monopoly on emotional instability in this world.

boo boo · 07-03-2010, 01:48 PM

It's boo boo not boo hoo.

I hope that doesn't become a new nickname.

ribbons · 07-03-2010, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

It's boo boo not boo hoo.

I hope that doesn't become a new nickname.

Sorry about that! I made a boo boo!

Aden · 07-03-2010, 02:02 PM

I'd have to agree with you too, BooBoo.
I'm probably the most emotionally unstable person I know. Thankfully, I think I'm too much of a push over to actually turn into a murderer.

boo boo · 07-03-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Nothing against men, but I absolutely agree with you, boo hoo. I certainly do not agree that women are "more emotionally unstable" than men.

I think neither women nor men have the monopoly on emotional instability in this world.

I dunno. I believe there are several studies that point to women being able to cope with stress better than men. Even without studies that one is kinda obvious, I believe if any man were to have a baby just once it would drive him to the brink of madness but millions of women are somehow willing to do this OVER AND OVER.

And correct me if I'm wrong but I think women are also superior at learning and thinking quickly and word processing.

I do know for a fact that in many regions of the world girls tend to get better grades than boys. It might be because they have less distractions? But ironically the amount of boys who get academic degrees is significantly higher than girls who get them.

Rather than it being because men are smarter than women it's because women rarely persue academic disciplines and instead choose basic jobs or the stay at home mom lifestyle.

More proof that women could rule the world if they wanted to.

boo boo · 07-03-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

and yes, hermaphrodites happen but they're quite rare. though it's still technically wrong to call them asexual as they can't reproduce by themselves.

Wait a minute, since when did hemaphrodites not have sexual drives of any kind? I didn't know that.

Lady Gaga seems pretty horny to me.

ribbons · 07-03-2010, 03:01 PM

As far as studies go, I have read that women's brains produce much larger amounts of oxytocin (a sort of "soothing" hormone calming to the emotions) than men's brains do in stressful situations. This and women's proficiency at multi-tasking

make women more efficient managers of stress.

derek · 07-03-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I know I have a rep for asking weird and creepy questions and they usually spawn out of discussions I have with people. But yeah, pretty straightforward question. Are you satisfied being the gender that you are or do you often wish you were the opposite sex? And if so why?

I can't really answer this question myself, I'm not into a lot of guy stuff like sports and hanging out with other guys and what not, and I find dudes to be pretty disgusting in general and sometimes I do think being a chick would be cooler and more suitable to my personality.

Not a tranny or anything, I know I'm setting myself up for ridicule but that ain't nothing new.

There is a new term for this condition now. It is called the "Chase Bono" condition.

Guybrush · 07-03-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

As far as studies go, I have read that women's brains produce much larger amounts of oxytocin (a sort of "soothing" hormone calming to the emotions) than men's brains do in stressful situations. This and women's proficiency at multi-tasking

make women more efficient managers of stress.

How do you know that? Maybe they need to produce more hormone because they get stressed more easily compared to men and need to compensate

I'm very much a guy, like I feel my guyish nature (whatever that entails is up for debate perhaps, but ..) is something that defines me as a person to the very core of my being and I'm very happy with my gender. I have a lot of girl friends, but they are way way harder to relate to in a day to day life than my guy friends concerning for example stuff like just ordinairy feelings (or lack of them) about stuff.

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I don't think the fact that men murder more often means that they are necessarily more emotionally "unstable". I believe they are more often the sort of people who murder

That's an important distinction, I think. For reasons stemming from the general physical differences between the sexes, put roughly - men have a higher capacity for violence and this again stems from our evolutionary history.

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Aden Groupie Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 47	I'd have to agree with you too, BooBoo. I'm probably the most emotionally unstable person I know. Thankfully, I think I'm too much of a push over to actually turn into a murderer.