tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post6768130250213778475..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: News flash: Men are sex-crazed dimwitsGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-15663696404424756582014-10-11T22:53:50.114-07:002014-10-11T22:53:50.114-07:00I liked the post. Our own misinterpretations may ...I liked the post. Our own misinterpretations may be the devil here.<br />Although more than once, when interacting with a woman, i've mistook their supposedly 'clear' efforts to indicate sexual willingness for a simple friendly gesture or saying. I'm not making conclusions here, but it would not surprise me at all if women needed a little improvement in their 'clear' indication giving!<br /> Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756590870917752187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-91198987517101322782014-10-11T05:18:39.438-07:002014-10-11T05:18:39.438-07:00Well, I was being disingenuous, but partly because...Well, I was being disingenuous, but partly because it's been my experience that women ARE significantly better than men at picking up subtle social cues. I thought it was a fun piece of research, looking at a claim that a lot of people have made from anecdote, and I certainly wasn't poking fun at Farris (nor disputing her conclusion) -- merely having some fun myself with a bit of gender interaction that I've had my own struggles with.Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-92100331326923963952014-10-11T04:50:30.292-07:002014-10-11T04:50:30.292-07:00You may be being deliberately disingenuous, but I ...You may be being deliberately disingenuous, but I really don't agree with how you've presented this research. For one thing, 'everybody knows...' anecdotes do *not* count as scientific proof. But the allegation that 'everyone knows' the conclusion of this study is wide of the mark, too; it's not just saying that men don't understand women.<br /><br />Farris suggests, "This suggests that the increased tendency among young men to incorrectly read sexual interest rather than friendliness may simply be an extension of a general disadvantage in reading nonverbal cues, rather than a process unique to sexual signaling."<br /><br />That doesn't mean simply 'men are bad at women'. It actually means almost the opposite - that men are *not* specifically bad at women (within the specific remit of this study), but that the problem is a general one to do with reading social signals. Farris implies (and I'm not familiar enough with the literature to assess the claim) that it's generally recognised that men are worse at reading social cues - which sounds plenty plausible to me, but I'm unusually terrible at that by the standards of any gender.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677076598470332030noreply@blogger.com