IsabellaLinton wrote:
Personal Preference:
(Sorry for speaking when Pepe isn't here but I think it's OK)
Twilight and I were stating a personal preference or opinion, when Pepe came on telling us big men are going to die earlier. I asked him to please not make it into a debate because we were still entitled to opinions. I had a feeling it was going to start being scientific, with data and info provided to show our opinions were somehow wrong / misguided. That's exactly what happened when we were given death date stats, and "proof" that our preferences weren't healthy. Then the bell curve information was provided in a condescending / smug way to prove the things we had already been saying (e.g., that all women can have different opinions.) I don't know what other purpose the bell curves were supposed to prove, except that Twilight and I were somehow wrong for saying the same thing Pepe was trying to say, but we were treated as being stupid for saying it first.
I don't take kindly to misrepresentation.
Most ppl know that.
As I said:
The "bell curve" was specifically introduced to indicate A VARIETY OF OPINIONS.
My point was that the BULK (pardon the pun) of PEOPLE prefer to connect with ppl in a similar "physical league".
If you want I can do the hard yakka and copy & paste where I said that.
There was never a gender war in my mind. <sigh>