Is this true?

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"every man thinks that there are very few women who are as intelligent and interesting as men"

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Well nobody can really claim to be speaking for every man but I'm certainly 1 man who doesn't think that way. What I want from a partner is an equal!

I flipped a coin; it was heads. So yes, it is.

most woman arn't realy dumb or unintresting. most woman act kinda dumb and unintresting though.

That doesn't make any sense at all.
I'd say with regards to my history of different friendships is that it has been harder to maintain long-lasting friendships than with other males.
If, as it has been suggested, that Autism is an 'extreme male' personality then it would stand to reason that my friendships with males last longer because of the shared systemizing rituals (I know my male friends and I often spend a lot of time quoting our favourite comedy programmes and I've seen it in lots of other men, but this behaviour seems much less common among women) and discussion of common interests, while women tend to be more interested (again, in general, not hard and fast rules) in discussing the ins and outs of their own personal relationships and the activities of mutual friends. So my friendships with females tend to thrive when we are in close proximity and can talk about friends we have in common, while my friendships with men tend to revolve around shared interests and therefore despite the fact that I rarely see my closest male friends we still tend to have a lot to talk about.
I may have gone completely off topic but the quote made me consider this aspect of male/male, male/female and female/female relationships (from my own observations) and whether that may have any relevance to the quotation you brought up.
As always, I accept I could be completely wrong.

Thats a generalization and you shouldnt pay too much attention to it.


Its like saying that females think males are dumb. There may be some that do so however nowadays most of us are wise enough to know that you cant follow statements like that one because they are oftenly misleading.

By the time I finished replying I forgot the complete original quote I was just thinking of 'interesting'
But as for 'intelligent', I don't believe either gender shows a general advantage in intelligence. I'd say in general I meet more highly intelligent women than men.

These days quite a lot of women like football. Some of them like beer too.

So yeah. They're really interesting.

are you serious.



basstrousers!
so you think it's true but only because men tend to have more in common with other men and thus are bound to find them more interesting?



it is a generalisation, but is it an accurate one in your humble opinion?



oh lordy

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basstrousers!
so you think it's true but only because men tend to have more in common with other men and thus are bound to find them more interesting?

I think men might find other men more interesting on a superficial level for that reason, possibly.
On a deeper level, I find women tend to talk about more interesting topics than men, in general, but we all need our gender rituals to reinforce our friendships, so it only makes sense that men can rely on other men for that basic need, much as women do with women.
As for intelligence, only a highly unintelligent (and probably pathetic) male would come to the conclusion that women are less intelligent than men.
But, at a risk of further overusing the word 'general' and its derivatives, I'd have to say that making such a sweeping statement as 'men find women less intelligent and interesting than males' is definitely an inaccurate, not to mention offensive, generalization!

My husband would disagree with the statement that opens the thread.

Since that statement is made as an absolute, that is enough to throw it into garbage can.

Er, no.

If a guy wrote that he needs to stop projecting his view onto every other guy in the world. And if it was a woman then she needs to find better guys to talk to.

Maybe in the past or in places where women don't have access to education that attitude might make a little sense. But otherwise, and especially as some general rule, I don't see that.

I have lots of interesting and intelligent conversations with women--especially my wife!

It was man. Just checking I wasn't being hasty in judging him as a douche.

You sound like someone with an over inflated ego. You're probably dumb and uninteresting to half of us. Your spelling and grammar are terrible, ironic.