<p>I’m not really sure that is that the best source, but we spent like 3 days talking about how woman talk more than men in physiology. Women communicate more through words and males through body language. Men can express themselves in more ways through their face than women.</p>
<p>I think with that being said, I don’t really think it makes a difference if your male or female for social settings of the same sex. Males communicate to each other in one way and are form friendships differently than females do. Males and females view friendship entirely different in both same sex and opposite sex friendships. </p>
<p>And what “social signaling” girl? What are you talking about? I think girls who are cheerleaders and build ham radios are awesome. Girls who break “stereotypes” and are both technologically and socially prone are awesome. I sense an air of jealously coming from you because they are have conquered both being geeky and still have a social life.</p>
<p>You need to learn to read. Stat. I don’t like it because it’s rarely, if ever, genuine. Usually it’s a fairly transparent attempt to win praise from clueless people for ‘breaking the stereotype’ or to win some sort of perverted credibility for not being a total airhead. Obviously, people like you fall for it. So it seems to work reasonably well.</p>
<p>And jealous? Please. I’m a physics major and socially successful, I don’t know how much better it gets than that. Every single time someone injects a bit of reality into this crazy little CC world, there’s usually at least one loser who jumps up and nearly craps themselves to be the first to type "HOMG, lolol UR JUS JEALOUZ!!1one’ So, congratulations! On this thread, that’d be you :D</p>
<p>“Please. I’m a physics major and socially successful, I don’t know how much better it gets than that”
Haha… You are the exact thing you critique. Thanks for proving yourself on college confidential. ;)</p>
<p>Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. And since I don’t give two hoots what you doofs think of me, really, I’m ok with that Thanks for the laughs. Tootles!</p>
<p>lol i’m a girl and i’m also a gamer, play wow, etc. i’ve been on internet forums since i was in elementary school, basically. but i don’t think i have any problems socially. i’m pretty shy but i have a wide variety of friends and i go out and crap. i value my alone time, though, and i’d rather go on the internet than to a party. this probably makes me weird, but whatever</p>
<p>“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. And since I don’t give two hoots what you doofs think of me, really, I’m ok with that Thanks for the laughs. Tootles!”</p>
<p>that’s funny how she sounds just like the girls she was mocking, lol.</p>
<p>“Psh, what the hell is it with girls and trying to claim ‘nerd cred’? Like “Teehee! I’m the captain of the cheerleading squad now but I totally built ham radios and played WoW and furry roleplayed when I was younger!” Social signaling at it’s most obvious”</p>
<p>“And jealous? Please. I’m a physics major and socially successful, I don’t know how much better it gets than that.”</p>
<p>Haha, happy everyone else sees what I was trying to point out. Anyways, I don’t think this original idea of this thread was to discuss hypocrites :)! </p>
<p>Overall though, I think there is a mix between shy, introverted females and males, whether gamers or not. With that being said, I still think girls have a slight leg up on meeting people. When a girl goes out, it is usually expected the guy initiates the conversation. I don’t mind approaching a guy, but most of my friends refuse to because feel they shouldn’t have to because they are well… females. So in the land of dating, its definitely easier for a girl in my opinion. I wouldn’t say in the long run, but in the beginning I’d say it’s easier for a girl to meet a new guy.</p>
<p>The difference is as men we can approach whoever we want and take a shot.</p>
<p>As women, you have to wait and take your pick out of whoever comes over.</p>
<p>So who has the real power? Lol</p>
<p>And your friends refuse because they are afraid of rejection - not because “they shouldn’t have to”. But with no societal pressure plus a handful of guys that will hit on them, there’s no real motivation to gain that courage.</p>
<p>"The difference is as men we can approach whoever we want and take a shot.</p>
<p>As women, you have to wait and take your pick out of whoever comes over."</p>
<p>nah, they’ve started letting us take shots as well…next thing ya know, they’ll start letting us leave the house unattended and study the sciences ;)</p>
<p>no really - girls rarely ask the guy out or approach him because we’re afraid of rejection. but that’s stupid, because guys are used to having pressure on them and honestly, most college guys aren’t that picky…they wouldn’t mind being with most girls they see around campus. if a nice girl approaches you, why would you turn her away? saves you the trouble of finding girls to hit on. so girls should stop being so nervous and take a shot. he’ll probably be flattered a girl bothered making the first move at all. </p>
<p>I approached my boyfriend first…we’ve been together for nearly a year now…just sayin’.</p>
<p>Men and women are both wusses… most men are too afraid to do anything, but most women are ten times more horrified. Personally, I don’t mind if a woman is up front, but she shouldn’t have to be. I can’t imagine being full of estrogen and having no testosterone to help me be assertive.</p>
<p>Anyway, guys probably do have more trouble socially. I don’t think that guys are as social as chicks. The older I get, the less I want to have friends. In 1st year I’d be friends with anyone. Now (in 5th year) if you aren’t a hot chick, I couldn’t really give a **** about you.</p>
<p>Personally though, I enjoy when guys approach me 1st, it makes things a lot easier, but sometimes I like to approach the guy. Based on body language, if the guys feeling me, I will definitely approach him. Most guys have told me its very attractive that I made the first move to talk to them and it made me that much hotter. I won’t lie a couple guys I’ve approached I gave my number to and never received a call back. I mean so in essence I was rejected, but I don’t usually don’t dwell on it and move on. I have landed probably the hottest guys when I approached them versus waiting for them to approach me. But I must say if a guy doesn’t give me any signals and is too shy to even make eye contact with me, there is definitely no way I am going to approach them. That is just me though. </p>
<p>On the converse though, when a guy approaches me, sometimes they might be very attractive, but I’m honestly just not in the mood to get hit on and will just straight up reject them. The same guy given a different day I would have just as easily approached him, so it really depends with me.</p>
<p>Haha, but I think I kind of rambled on in this post… so yeah.</p>
<p>Yes it is harder for guys to make friends. but the advantage is when guys do become friends, their friendship is much closer than the friendship between women. this is a humongous advantage for men. although guys these days are becoming feminine and the relationships are closer to women’s.</p>
Thanks for the laughs. Tootles!</p>