So on the idea of Men vs. Women?

Question

I have this quote from a book, and i basically just want to know what you think...

"Men are more promiscuous and less sexually reserved than women are. Women are inherently more interested in a stable relationship than men are. Women are naturally attracted to high status men with resources. Men are naturally attracted to beauty and youth."

Answer 1

It's a generalization. I'm certainly not attracted to high-status men, and I know plenty of guys who prefer stable relationships and girls who don't.

Answer 2

it's adaptively primal and generally true

plenty of us are exceptions though..

Answer 3

well it's not true for everyone.  but plenty of chicks are gold diggers, so that parts true.  and if by "less sexually reserved" you mean dudes don't have all the hangups with s*x that chicks have, well that's probably true most of the time too.

Answer 4

It's a standard assumption in anthropology.  Some academics believe women are hardwired to look for one mate who has the resources to support her and the offspring she cares for, while men are just trying to spread their seed as far as it will go.

Answer 5

I think this is how we are on a primitive basis.  This probably exhibits how human society was like in early times, but we have so many layers on top of our primitive thinking and so many layers on top of primitive society that this simple rule can be overridden.

Answer 6

Politically Incorrect's answer cracked me up!  Direct, to the point and telling it like it is!

Answer 7

I think there is some truth to this generalization, but feminists prefer to think that sexuality is something we learn from society rather than something that has developed naturally over hundreds of thousands of years. But to be frank I would never take advice on s*x from a feminist - they think that what suits a minority of women should suit everyone, but this is just plane wrong.

Answer 8

well i had s*x with 12 guys before i met my husband at 18 cause i enjoyed my free and single days. my husband had no money when we met i had just got a mortgage on a one bed flat which i put down the £6000 deposit myself. my husband didnt have a penny but now he half owns the flat (we moved to a new place and hold a 40k in equity now due to me buying at right time.

I had saved it up myself from working from the age of 14 and i got the mortgage as i was in air force training.  my husband was also younger than me when we married and he was only 19 on our wedding day. so i would say that is rubbish in our case.

Answer 9

So in simpler terms, women want money and men want s*x.

Answer 10

Sounds about right. Not exactly flattering, but neither s*x is when you get down to it.

Sure sucks to be a poor man or an ugly woman.

Answer 11

who is the idiot who wrote that book?

I guess it's hard to find a good woman when they are all manipulators.

Answer 12

Why do men get upset when women just want s*x?

Answer 13

Wrong and wrong.

Answer 14

Sums things up quite nicely, I'd say ol' chap!

Answer 15

I agree! Since women bear the children they need more of a giving relationship than men do..

Answer 16

I think it's rare to find four complete stereotypes in one paragraph.

Imagine what the rest of the book is like!

Cheers :-)

Answer 17

Well, I guess I'm not a natural woman then :-)

Hang on ... yes I am, still all there :-)

Answer 18

The whole point of taking gender into consideration when explaining human behavior is overriding the naturalist fallacy. When you say "naturally attracted" or "naturally" whatever, what you are saying is there is nothing we can do about it because it is all biology.

It is very different when you say "it is statistically true that men... or women..." because then you can explain the facts considering history and culture along with biology.

Science requires generalizations but when you start from a narrow framework you will end up with a narrow -minded- answer.

Answer 19

It's quite simple men want s*x and women want money; if either or can get it, it will be a combo of both.

Answer 20

I'm not naturally attracted to high status men with resources. Women who are attracted to such men generally come from families where the girls were encouraged to "marry well" instead of getting an education and starting their own careers. Besides, most rich men marry rich women because that's the type of people they associate with the most. A beautiful rich girl has a much better chance of marrying a rich man than a beautiful poor girl does.

Answer 21

No, more like men want s*x, woman want a safe home for the children they get stuck with because of men wanting s*x

Answer 22

I don't really agree.  I feel that when push comes to shove, the majority of both sexes will do whatever they think they can get away with, if you know what I mean.  Both sexes are attracted to beauty and youth, but I think that women often associate it with immaturity on the male's behalf.  Doesn't mean we can't appreciate pretty things. ;D

Now, as far as relationship stability goes..  it's tough to say.  However, I think some men are more promiscuous than others because that's what they're raised with.  A "boys will be boys" mentality.  Not all women are gold-diggers.

Like others have said, this was a major generalization, and there are many exceptions.  I will acknowledge that societal expectations and traditional gender roles can influence the actions of both men and women, but there isn't any label that can be applied to every person of a certain s*x.

Answer 23

Women are hardwired to protect their eggs/babies/children.

Men are hardwired to spread their seed around.