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caffeine
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Message 16 of 72 (569528)
07-22-2010 3:42 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Jumped Up Chimpanzee
07-21-2010 9:06 AM


It's all very British
I don't think this is a general trait of women - it's just that huddling against the cold is an ingrained response in British women, after years of venturing out in sub-zero temperatures armed only with two scraps of fabric and a handbag.
Edited by caffeine, : typo

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 17 of 72 (569531)
07-22-2010 4:37 AM
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07-21-2010 1:47 PM


Re: Self-Comforting
Are you talking about this arm-cross?
Yes. And I was slightly perturbed by the explanatory text below the picture:
"Women often cross their arms in front of men they don’t like..."
I suppose, deep down, I'd always suspected that was the answer. I just couldn't bring myself to accept it.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 18 of 72 (569532)
07-22-2010 4:38 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by Granny Magda
07-21-2010 1:58 PM


Re: Er... Maybe...
Maybe you should just quit staring at their boobs...
That's what I mean. Their arms get in the way of a great view!

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purpledawn
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Message 19 of 72 (569534)
07-22-2010 5:43 AM
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07-22-2010 4:37 AM


Re: Self-Comforting
quote:
"Women often cross their arms in front of men they don’t like..."
I suppose, deep down, I'd always suspected that was the answer. I just couldn't bring myself to accept it.
Now you have to figure out why you annoy women.

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Larni
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Message 20 of 72 (569538)
07-22-2010 6:50 AM
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07-22-2010 4:38 AM


Re: Er... Maybe...
If you conmbine a tight arm cross with a hurried walk with head down you have a dead ringer for feeling insecure.
A standing, starring arm cross with a tilt of hips (in women, not men- they stand balanced) is an intimadation gesture.
On another side of the coin, walking quickly with a bad bra can require some support.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 21 of 72 (569567)
07-22-2010 9:42 AM
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07-22-2010 6:50 AM


Re: Er... Maybe...
If you conmbine a tight arm cross with a hurried walk with head down you have a dead ringer for feeling insecure.
You may well be right and it makes intuitive sense. The head down or hunched posture is a common feature I've noticed, but it's not always associated with a hurried walk. I've noticed a lot of women adopting this posture while ambling slowly around the supermarket with their husbands. It's rather sad that so many women should feel so insecure in such a bland environment. Can that really be the case?
On another side of the coin, walking quickly with a bad bra can require some support.
I assume you're talking as a medical professional and not from personal experience! In either case, I'm quite sure you are right.
I did wonder if it might be a posture derived from a cradling instinct. It's a posture I think I see most commonly in younger women and teenagers. From an evolutionary point of view it would seem to make sense that women should feel very much at ease in that posture. What do you think?
I'm slightly worried I may be coming across as either a misogynist or pervert, or both.

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Message 22 of 72 (569594)
07-22-2010 11:48 AM
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07-22-2010 9:42 AM


Re: Er... Maybe...
I'm slightly worried I may be coming across as either a misogynist or pervert, or both.
I see no indications of the former, but since you are obviously a male of the species, then, like the rest of us, you are, by definition, the latter. Ain't it wonderful?

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 23 of 72 (569602)
07-22-2010 12:07 PM
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07-22-2010 11:48 AM


Re: Er... Maybe...
I'm slightly worried I may be coming across as either a misogynist or pervert, or both.
I see no indications of the former, but since you are obviously a male of the species, then, like the rest of us, you are, by definition, the latter. Ain't it wonderful?
That's a relief, because by definition none of us can be perverts if we are all the same.
But I get your point.

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Message 24 of 72 (569649)
07-22-2010 5:09 PM
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07-22-2010 6:50 AM


Re: Er... Maybe...
If you conmbine a tight arm cross with a hurried walk with head down you have a dead ringer for feeling insecure.
And those are the ones you want to approach, fellas. A friendly smile, a pleasant compliment and she will unfold those arms in a heart beat... and hopefully grab your penis.
- Oni

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Message 25 of 72 (569658)
07-22-2010 5:51 PM
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07-22-2010 5:09 PM


Re: Er... Maybe...
n a heart beat... and hopefully grab your penis.
See, Chimp? I told you we were all perverts.

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Message 26 of 72 (569663)
07-22-2010 7:32 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by ringo
07-21-2010 3:04 PM


Hi, Ringo.
Ringo writes:
She isn't walking though.
I bet we could watch that exact scene from The Quick and the Dead and find out if she does, though.

-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
Darwin loves you.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 27 of 72 (569672)
07-23-2010 4:25 AM
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07-22-2010 5:51 PM


We're not perverts!
Oni:
n a heart beat... and hopefully grab your penis.
AZPaul3:
See, Chimp? I told you we were all perverts.
We can't ALL be perverts!
Any heterosexual man who didn't want a woman to grab their penis would be a pervert - because there must be something very wrong with them!

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Message 28 of 72 (569673)
07-23-2010 4:34 AM
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07-23-2010 4:25 AM


Re: We're not perverts!
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
We can't ALL be perverts!
We're not, women are just prudes.
Any heterosexual man who didn't want a woman to grab their penis would be a pervert - because there must be something very wrong with them!
Unless the woman in question is exceptionally ugly, of course.

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Larni
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Message 29 of 72 (569676)
07-23-2010 6:19 AM
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07-22-2010 5:09 PM


Re: Er... Maybe...
and hopefully grab your penis
Better hope they are hurridly walking in the same direction....

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Larni
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Message 30 of 72 (569677)
07-23-2010 6:20 AM
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07-23-2010 4:34 AM


Re: We're not perverts!
Unless the woman in question is exceptionally ugly, of course.
Or had drill bits and knives for fingers.
Edited by Larni, : No reason given.

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