Social interaction - gender preference (question)

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I didn't bond with either parent, but felt attacked by my NT dad. I mostly preferred to be with women most of my life, but found them capricious. Now I finally have a few solid friendships with men.

I'd rather be in a room filled with women than a room filled with men. I've had a strange fear of men since I've started high school. A lot of NT guys picked on me because they thought there was something horribly wrong with me.

I'm female and prefer interacting with males because females do not get me.

NT women do not get me too and I do not really get them even if they like me. Most guys like me. Men recognize that I'm honest, quite self-confident and nice and accept me because of this.

When I was younger, I had a lot of friends who were guys and still have some that are. I have friends of both genders, but some of my best friends are guy friends, less drama. xD Most of the people who were mean and cliquish to me throughout my life were female.

At my current workplace though, I get along best with the other female coworker there, so it's somewhat opposite.

I prefer men over women. Women tend to be gossipy, oversharing, competitive and even bitchy. They can do a lot of damage to eachother. Men tend to not be these things (they are competitive with eachother but not with women), generally do not hold grudges esp. after an issue has been hashed out/resolved, can be more light hearted/casual about things, and are direct. You know where you stand with a man, whereas many women will say one thing to your face but talk differently about you behind your back. All in all, I feel more comfortable around men than women.

As an addendum: with one exception, all the female bosses I've had have been strict, unappreciative, and jealous of or seemingly in competition with me. My male bosses - again except for one- have been tolerant, approachable, encouraging, and open about expressing thanks or appreciation.

My own age - slightly prefer company of women to men. I really haven't got a lot of time for my generation at all, though.

Middle age - slightly prefer company of men to women.

Old age - no preference.

I'm a woman but have always preferred the company of men. I take it that I'm expected to be different enough by virtue of my gender that my oddities aren't as noticed.

I would imagine the reverse could equally be true.

For me, it depends, but I have a slight preference for female friends.

All but one of my close friends are guys, but in college I had more female than male acquaintances.

I have always felt more comfortable with men. They seem a lot less complicated, complex or nuanced.

I feel comfortable with both genders but highly person specific.

I prefer interacting with women, but I like men. I will interact with them.

This is about right for me, too; either I like you, and you can't shut me up, or I dislike you, and am close to mute.

I'm pretty much the same.
Machoism makes me shudder.
It is cringeworthy, imo.

Even in these more enlightened times, young men often have subconscious homophobia.
And it was worse back when I was a kid.

I remember approaching social situations when I was young, where I would consider interacting the same way with both genders.
The payoff?
Often being considered gay.
Not that I have a problem with homosexually, as Jerry Seinfeld would say.

The funny thing is even these days:
"Half" the men I first meet think I am gay.
And "half" the women I first meet think I am trying the "crack onto them".
These days I just laugh, on the inside.

Overall, I think I prefer female company, but not by a huge amount.

Last edited by Pepe on 02 Jul 2019, 11:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

There are a very small number of people with whom I am happy to interact socially but their gender isn't really of any relevance. My friend happens to be a woman. The person I most enjoy talking to at work happens to be a man but we share a particular interest. There are plenty of obnoxious and difficult people of all genders with whom I wish to spend as little time as possible.