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While I think it takes a mature person to admit they don't know something, you're kind of dodging here. Let me put it this way: By your own standards, you most definitely consider your friends your friends. What if I told you that, actually, you're a loser and your friendships are a sham...

Sure, I'll buy that. But see, when I'm riding the subway girls don't check me out head-to-toe to see where I fall on their "bring to the table" scale. Girls are evaluated on their looks. All the time. Regardless of what they wear. You can explain this as biological, as I myself will...

That's it, keep trying to "classify" me so you can continue making assumptions about the person I am. It's been working really well so far.

I'm a guy, and you don't have to "deal" with anything. Who invited you anyway? Anyway, I've spent pages patiently and respectfully explaining my case, mistakenly believe some of you were capable of critical thought. Instead, the "men and women can't be friends" side had presented fuck all to...

Actually, the point is... Oh, wait, that was General Antony. Sorry, my bad. Troll on!

Never said "everyone in this thread hates women". And if you're going to tell me you haven't seen rampant sexism in this very thread you're a liar. Your mom sounds like an awesome person. It's totally fine that she can assemble a gun AND enjoy shoes. I'm just saying we can't assume that because...

Great video. She makes a good point: That, historically, the imbalances in gender roles played a practical purpose in the evolution of our species and that, in many ways, men had it more difficult than women did. I'll give her that. Today, though, with the exception of child birth, we can't say...

No, that was my male buddy (the guy who agrees with those of you who say men and women can't be friends, although he has just as much trouble as you do justifying why without resorting to inaccurate assumptions and generalizations, and he also can't explain why some males are perfectly capable...

I read the rest of the article and I find it a bit interesting that you're sharing it here since it pretty much makes the point I've been making all along. All reinforcements of the idea that assumptions and generalizations can't be used to make points about human sexuality. Once again, we're...

Don't get antsy, bro. Once it gets "spread around" again, you'll get yours (assuming you don't say anything stupid in the meantime). Yup, this is actually a problem I had with the article too. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to point this out. The main thing I wanted people to get...

Wait a second... why are you spelling "humour" the Canadian way? Hell, I'm Canadian and I don't even spell it that way... weirdo.

Well, far be it from me to turn off your boner. Anyway, as I said,I'mhaving fun. I honestly don't even mind losing an argument when it's a game well played, although most of the "other" side hasn't been playing very well thus far. Who's on their high horse? I've actually been extra careful...

Yeah, man, this isn't a scientific study. Everything all of us is saying is based on our life experiences. In a way, it makes it more "pure" than a debate about Ron Paul or feminism or whatever. But on the other hand, it means each of us is that much less likely to hear anything anybody else has...

Naw, man, you've sparked my curiosity, really. What are you trying to say? I'm especially intrigued as to the fact that what you call my "problems" I consider to be "benefits" in every sense of the word. Can you imagine a better place than this thread to make this point, whatever it is? I'd...

Here's a few pics I made years ago: And here's a couple of monkeys showing their shiny red monkey asses. ...enjoy!

We've been over this before, but it's becoming a long thread so I'll give everyone the benefit of the doubt. According todictionary.com: From which we should actually take 3 points: 1) That if you think a girl is hot, you, by dictionary standards, do not have a platonic relationship with...

Way over the top? C'mon, man, that hurts. Anyway, if life has taught me anything, it's that I'm not special. Anything I've done, any thought I've had, any experience I've been through has all been done countless times before by countless people. I might be in a minority of many categories, but...

You know who's really the authority on how human interaction actually works? Hollywood movies. Besides, all that's been addressed many times over. Read the thread again.

You forgot option 3: The board (not the entire board, several people are on my side) is full of pompous asses who are too full of themselves to bother engaging in the critical thinking they pride themselves on.

Hey, you really got me pegged! Oh, wait, no, you're way off again. Again. But hey, you know the people in my life better than I do, right? Again, you're talking out of your ass. Again. Again, you're making assumptions and generalizations that are not only wrong in general, but especially...

How do you figure? Either you're accusing me of lying or you're telling me that what happens in my life somehow doesn't count as "reality".

Yeah, I know...

Once again, you're trying to decide for me who my friends are without knowing a thing about either me or my friends. Hey, if it makes you more comfortable to believe my friends aren't actually my friends, knock yourself out. Come up with whatever criteria you want, quote statistics, get out...

You're at least the fourth guy here to admit having female friends. Apparently none of these cases "count" for some reason or another.

"Overwhelming majority"? Care to back that up with statistics? Oh wait, you can't because you're speaking out of your ass. Besides, the point several of you are trying to make is not "The majority of men can't be friends with the majority of women", it's "men and women can't be friends". Even if...

Here's the problem with generalizing. Even if what you describe is true some of the time for some people, you're taking it as a given that what you have stated is a universal truth, which it very simply isn't. If I wasn't able to take my wife out because my male buddy wanted to hang out, there...

OK, while you didn't actually mention the definition of platonic, let's take a look: dictionary ( usually lowercase ) purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex. To be fair, that does mean that if you consider someone...

Actually, both are sexist. Not being sexist would be not to "assume" anything at all.

Good, you're on board then. I got through to you. You accept thatYOUcan't be friends with women. I understand this. A lot of guys, it seems, are very insecure in their masculinity. They hear someone who's supposed to be "one of them" saying stuff that would have gotten them beaten up in the...

Let me ask you guys this: Let's say you're watching a movie because you heard there's a great nude scene by a hot actress in it. You know nothing about the movie except that it has this nude scene, and this is your entire motivation for wanting to see this movie. Once the nude scene has...

Oh, thank god you're done. There's only so many ways you can say

Sorry, to me that has nothing to do with friendship. You're saying girls can't have "that thing" that makes a friend a friend because at least one of the parties wants to fuck. I'm saying, on a fundamental level, that whether or not either or neither party "wants to fuck" has nothing to do...

Every person I've ever met my life had to undergo a "would I fuck test". Some of those tests were really easy: "No" for men, family, people out of age range, etc; "Possibly" for just about everyone else. We can call it factor X or, hey, I'll do you one better and call it factor A because, as my...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dabamf again.

Why does the fact that you'd bang if circumstances were different mean you're not "just friends"? If my best buddies were female and hot, I'd wanna fuck them too. Does that invalidate our friendship? If my pet rabbit had tits, I'd squeeze 'em. If rubber was minty I'd lick my tires to freshen my...

Who are you arguing with? I never said this wasn't true. I've been friends with interesting girls I was attracted to. If it turned out she was also attracted to me, this led to something. If it turned out she wasn't, I was more than happy to keep her as a friend because why the fuck not? She...

I have literally no idea who that is.

You're good at this. I'm starting to like you. FromFeminist Myths and Magic Medicine: Excellent point. As has been mentioned here, "equality" is a difficult term to use because we cannot expect every group of professionals in every field to be comprised of 50% male and 50% female workers...

I haven't missed that at all. That's exactly why I'm saying it's harmful to people to let generalizations about gender affect life opportunities. So far, nobody has come out and stated that there isn't a gender bias existing in society today. Nobody has said that. Feminism wants to get rid of...

Oh, you're talking about your misuse of "no true Scotsman", not mine? Can you refresh my memory?