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"How many times have you been married?" "How many guys have you slept with?"
I haven't considered that. Your correct, men do have tests of their own. But those two questions are very personal and most men wouldn't dare ask a girl during their first conversation. However Its perfectly socially acceptable for a women to ask a man what he does for a living and where he lives upon meeting him. If a guy asks a girl that, he's likely just making conversation. If a woman asks a guy while he's hitting on her, most likely its an alternate way of saying "how much money do you make?" Its not a big deal. I can understand why a woman would want to make sure she isn't getting involved with a lazy or poor guy.
Anyway, the only reason I said that in the first place is because I was exploring the reasons why a guy would be reluctant to approach. For some men its a feeling of financial inadequacy.
Oh and I've slept 0 men. Scratch that.. -7 men. That's right, I'm so strait I'd have to sleep with 8 guys just to be gay.
I am trying to stick up for us dudes in this man emasculating thread bro!
What is so wrong about walking tall, standing up straight and looking people in the eye?
Really I am good at what I do at work, I have good friends. I am independent to a fault, all in all I am proud of who I am. I can smile at a pretty woman and not think twice about it. I try to be easy to talk to and outgoing. But I am not afraid to speak my mind or make a stand.
What is so wrong about walking tall, standing up straight and looking people in the eye?
Really I am good at what I do at work, I have good friends. I am independent to a fault, all in all I am proud of who I am. I can smile at a pretty woman and not think twice about it. I try to be easy to talk to and outgoing. But I am not afraid to speak my mind or make a stand.
Neither are the rest of us buddy! It is just another he said, she said thread and we all know it. The common sense theory is women who are not approached either are giving off a I'm a b**** leave me alone vibe or not worth approaching!
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The only guys I really encounter who claim to have such low self esteem are on this forum. It's the Internet that allows these people to find each other. I don't know any dudes in real life who have so many issues.
Same here. But even if it's true, it's no higher than female low self-esteem, I'll bet. The pressures society and the media place on females and people in general to look perfect has helped increase this. That's my guess. If you buy into that crap, you too can acquire low self esteem.
Why do males in America suffer from such low confidence? This includes approaching women as well.
Men have fought battles, built planes, built skyscrapers but seem afraid to approach women that stems from a lack of confidence in themselves.
Perhaps one of the reasons for low confidence is that the majority of men do not, in fact, fight battles, build planes or design skyscrapers (except in video games), yet have been raised in an atmosphere of entitlement, with the belief that they should get something merely because they really, really want it, that desire alone -- not effort or aptitude -- should produce results. It's certainly been my experience that men who are, in fact, accomplished do not tend to have low confidence. Some of them are shy and introverted, but that's not the same as a lack of confidence. The right approach then, guys, would be to go and accomplish something, instead of trying to convince women that they should worship the ground you walk on just because your genitalia is the same as Einstein's. It sucks, of course, that it takes about 10,000 to get really good at something, but I promise you, if nothing else, the experience will put things in perspective and diminish your need for validation from people who are unworthy of you.
Oh, in case I haven't made it clear -- claiming credit for the achievements of others on the basis of gender is a HUGE turn-off. Not trying to add to your anxieties here, just giving you some good-faith advice from the perspective of someone who's heard that whole "we built the world" pitch on several occasions: when you attempt to awe a woman with a laundry list of things that other men have done, you are only underscoring your own lack of accomplishment. In other words, you are persuading her that she should go sleep with someone else.
Perhaps one of the reasons for low confidence is that the majority of men do not, in fact, fight battles, build planes or design skyscrapers (except in video games), yet have been raised in an atmosphere of entitlement, with the belief that they should get something merely because they really, really want it, that desire alone -- not effort or aptitude -- should produce results. It's certainly been my experience that men who are, in fact, accomplished do not tend to have low confidence. Some of them are shy and introverted, but that's not the same as a lack of confidence. The right approach then, guys, would be to go and accomplish something, instead of trying to convince women that they should worship the ground you walk on just because your genitalia is the same as Einstein's. It sucks, of course, that it takes about 10,000 to get really good at something, but I promise you, if nothing else, the experience will put things in perspective and diminish your need for validation from people who are unworthy of you.
Oh, in case I haven't made it clear -- claiming credit for the achievements of others on the basis of gender is a HUGE turn-off. Not trying to add to your anxieties here, just giving you some good-faith advice from the perspective of someone who's heard that whole "we built the world" pitch on several occasions: when you attempt to awe a woman with a laundry list of things that other men have done, you are only underscoring your own lack of accomplishment. In other words, you are persuading her that she should go sleep with someone else.
Yeah, but the guys who have see his point and cut him a little slack!
Great, maybe those guys can be his girlfriends then.
Not I, said the fly!LMAO.........
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