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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 308971" data-attributes="member: 812">Name one. Go on. Name one behaviour, one tendency, that ALL women possess. Sure, it may be true that MOST women exhibit behaviour A or tendency B, but what good does that do you unless you just want a shallow interaction?You say it yourself: &quot;Any allusions I make to understanding are merely supperficial and nothing more. &quot;What's the point in superficial understandings? Or are you saying that you only understand your two-year girlfriend superficially?People are hard to understand. Human beings are complex, wacky, usually irrational creatures. Sure, physiology plays a role. So does race, class, height, place of origin and virtually every other detail. We're different from each other in so many ways. Does this mean we can't understand each other? Or only in superficial ways?I don't think so. I think it's entirely possible to understand another person. Never perfectly, of course -- people will always surprise you and themselves. But if you pay attention, listen to what they say and watch what they do, of course you can understand them.I don't find women any harder to understand than men. Some women I know are very easy to understand, while some guys I've known for years still make me scratch my head in confusion.Really? I used to hold that opinion myself. But I came to realize that there's a long continuum between &quot;perfect&quot; understanding and &quot;no&quot; understanding. The fact that people can surprise you doesn't mean you don't understand them.My real complaint with your comment, Arravis, has to do with the way you seem to take one woman's actions to be representative of ALL women. So that if one woman does something you don't understand, suddenly you don't understand WOMEN.Did you understand why Prince changed his name to that kooky symbol? Did you go around the next day saying, &quot;Gee, I just don't understand men?&quot;Maybe you did. Maybe for you it's all about biology and inability. Maybe I'm lying to myself.But when Socrates says, &quot;I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance,&quot; I don't see how that means we can't understand each other.(sorry, typos again)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 308971, member: 812"] Name one. Go on. Name one behaviour, one tendency, that ALL women possess. Sure, it may be true that MOST women exhibit behaviour A or tendency B, but what good does that do you unless you just want a shallow interaction? You say it yourself: "Any allusions I make to understanding are merely supperficial and nothing more. " What's the point in superficial understandings? Or are you saying that you only understand your two-year girlfriend superficially? People are hard to understand. Human beings are complex, wacky, usually irrational creatures. Sure, physiology plays a role. So does race, class, height, place of origin and virtually every other detail. We're different from each other in so many ways. Does this mean we can't understand each other? Or only in superficial ways? I don't think so. I think it's entirely possible to understand another person. Never perfectly, of course -- people will always surprise you and themselves. But if you pay attention, listen to what they say and watch what they do, of course you can understand them. I don't find women any harder to understand than men. Some women I know are very easy to understand, while some guys I've known for years still make me scratch my head in confusion. Really? I used to hold that opinion myself. But I came to realize that there's a long continuum between "perfect" understanding and "no" understanding. The fact that people can surprise you doesn't mean you don't understand them. My real complaint with your comment, Arravis, has to do with the way you seem to take one woman's actions to be representative of ALL women. So that if one woman does something you don't understand, suddenly you don't understand WOMEN. Did you understand why Prince changed his name to that kooky symbol? Did you go around the next day saying, "Gee, I just don't understand men?" Maybe you did. Maybe for you it's all about biology and inability. Maybe I'm lying to myself. But when Socrates says, "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance," I don't see how that means we can't understand each other. (sorry, typos again) [/QUOTE]

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