Advantages of Being a Woman

[doc]

I would consider #2, #5 and #20 immoral.

Me too.
Deb

I'm confused.

How is actually being dumb immoral? (#20)
Why is flirting (#2) immoral? If you're nice to the tech guy, and he's nice back, exactly where have we created a problem? Is being terse and unfriendly more moral?
And why is it immoral to get a free dinner when a man invites you out to dinner? When a person invites another out for a "date" it is generally assumed - ask miss manners - that the asker will be paying for the askee. There is no assumption of purchasing sex; merely the dinner that was offered. Not immoral in my book.

[Kitsune06]

Re: the dinner thing, I'm thinking it's assuming you do it *just* for the dinner, not because you're genuinely interested in the guy. (i.e. joe bob who you detest asks you out to dinner to some really nice place. You accept the free dinner, don't say much if anything to him, and never call him again. Immoral.)

Stupidity should be painful. Guys don't get away with that sh*t with me and girls certainly don't.

Any chick who cries to get out of a ticket... ugh.

[doc]

Re: the dinner thing, I'm thinking it's assuming you do it *just* for the dinner, not because you're genuinely interested in the guy. (i.e. joe bob who you detest asks you out to dinner to some really nice place. You accept the free dinner, don't say much if anything to him, and never call him again. Immoral.)

Stupidity should be painful. Guys don't get away with that sh*t with me and girls certainly don't.

Any chick who cries to get out of a ticket... ugh.

Ahhh. I see how some read the list totally differently than I did. I agree with that take on the dinner thing. I read the list without assuming the woman had evil intent. But I totally see how some could look at the list and apply scheming/conniving attributes to the woman's actions and then...

[DebW]

I'm confused.

How is actually being dumb immoral? (#20)
Why is flirting (#2) immoral? If you're nice to the tech guy, and he's nice back, exactly where have we created a problem? Is being terse and unfriendly more moral?
And why is it immoral to get a free dinner when a man invites you out to dinner? When a person invites another out for a "date" it is generally assumed - ask miss manners - that the asker will be paying for the askee. There is no assumption of purchasing sex; merely the dinner that was offered. Not immoral in my book.

Because I would consider something immoral, I wouldn't do it. Doesn't mean I think everyone should have the same opinion or do exactly what I do or don't do. Nothing wrong with someone being genuinely dumb or uninformed on a subject, I just hate it when TV and popular culture seems to glorify dumbness or consider being dumb the equivalent of being funny. That one just hit a pet peeve of mine, though I may have misinterpreted it. I have nothing against an agreed-upon date, and that did not appear on my list. I wouldn't consider flirting immoral if one is genuinely interested in the person one is flirting with. But flirting with a different motive would rub me the wrong way.

[Deborajen]

I'm confused.

How is actually being dumb immoral? (#20)
Why is flirting (#2) immoral? If you're nice to the tech guy, and he's nice back, exactly where have we created a problem? Is being terse and unfriendly more moral?
And why is it immoral to get a free dinner when a man invites you out to dinner? When a person invites another out for a "date" it is generally assumed - ask miss manners - that the asker will be paying for the askee. There is no assumption of purchasing sex; merely the dinner that was offered. Not immoral in my book.

No, "actually being dumb" isn't immoral. Neither is flirting -- Well, there are limits. And I didn't say - or suggest - there was anything wrong with free dinner on a date.

"Acting dumb" is never cute in my opinion. Why would it be considered "cute" for women and not for men? That's just plain degrading to women.

Being friendly and professional isn't my idea of flirting. However, "getting" to be sexy with a tech guy on the phone so he'll be all nice to me and fix my computer isn't my idea of moral, but in addition to that, at my office, I'm the one who fixes the computers, not the men. Women aren't always the helpless lil' thangs that need savin'.--

Deb