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Easy; males are responsible for approaching and proving their worth to the women, so most women just lean back and pick who they feel like anyway. There aren't any real demand on women to be social in the initial stages...
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Pretty much what I was trying to say...SwedishViking said it better though
I think socially awkward whether male or female is still not going to get any action or a social life.
Not until they get out there, bite the bullet and try to be social will they be successful.
From this statement I can't help but think that you believe that all socially awkward people are introverts but there are a lot extroverts that are socially awkward to.
On the flip side of that there are introverted people that have excellent social skills but just don't like being around people all the time.
From this statement I can't help but think that you believe that all socially awkward people are introverts but there are a lot extroverts that are socially awkward to.
On the flip side of that there are introverted people that have excellent social skills but just don't like being around people all the time.
Totally agree. Lots of misconceptions out there about what types of people have the ability to be socially awkward. ANYONE can be socially awkward, not just introverts or extroverts or whatnot.
I agree with Knight and Swedish Viking on the question posed in the thread. Women don't need to be particularly outgoing to be successful. Men generally do.
Men are also very so much more accepting... if a woman makes a social misstep chances are the guy will look it over out of hornyness, while if the guys tongue slips and he says something stupid it's pretty hard to save the situation...
Is there some class the socially awkward can take to become less socially awkward?
The reason I ask is because my mom is a prime example of social awkwardness. Her biggest thing is not knowing how to read body language. If she is talking (which is always) and the person on the receiving end is yawning, looking away, trying to converse with others, generally ignoring her and appearing disinterested, she just keeps on goin. When she is finally out of breath, she'll stop. Later on, she'll have to gall to talk about the person's rudeness behind their back, particularly that it was so rude that they never asked how she was. But she not only is most of the time talking about herself, but she literally does not give you any wiggle room to interject.
She has been single for over 20 years...not one date. I'd like her to meet someone and get a life (she lives with my grandma and hasn't worked in 15 years), but her chances are slim. If a man is kind to her and says hello, she thinks it is because he wants her bod. No joke.
I think she'd do great with a socially awkward guy. But I'd appreciate any guy that could tolerate her.
Take an acting class. Socially proficient and adept people are, in my opinion, just good actors. Basically, they are politicians; they excel at using impression management to craft their personas to elicit the desired response from their target audience.
Of course there is a fair amount of superficiality and even deceit involved when doing that, but it's highly effective.
I was reading a comment in another thread and it got me thinking.
If you were to take a geeky, socially awkward male and an equally geeky, socially awkward female, the socially awkward female would have a better social life and a better love life.
Why do you think this is
Women are valued higher socially than men. If the woman is attractive, even more so.
If you were to take a geeky, socially awkward male and an equally geeky, socially awkward female, the socially awkward female would have a better social life and a better love life.
You'd get an awesome collection of video games, Star Wars memorabilia and 4 cats.
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