Why are so many male English majors more insensitive than the "average" man?
930858
you just might be generalizing, honey
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Guys just aren't as talkative as women. If you want them to tell you something you have to drag it out of them. By the way in my experience most men hate to be pushed into having a conversation they don't want to have. They simply prefer to be a little more secretive.
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Most men are dumb-asses when it comes to relationships...
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because they're immature and horny and not very smart and lazy and they wanna be like peter pan and never grow up.\nand i hope all men don't hate me for answering like this, because not ALL men are like that, but a bunch are.
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Guys are built differently than women...when a guy sees that something is wrong their first reaction is to try to "fix" whatever is wrong, when in reality sometimes all we are looking for is understanding or some comforting words. Try not to see it as a fault, it really isnt, us women are just more "emotionally intuned" than most men are.....I asked my father this same question many years ago, and he told me simply that most times guys really don't know what to say...like when we cry and they are just silent...it's because they dont know how to "fix" it...\n\nSo to answer your question, yes i believe it is common, and very normal : )
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I don't know that I would say they scare me off, but they did tend to put me on the "hotseat" so to speak. It may be an instinctive or self-ego defeating impression we have of ourselves, but most men see strong willed, and intelligent women as a type of threat. We have spent so much time in the role as the "stronger sex" we have trouble finding ourselves in the passenger seat. BUT, what we males tend to forget is that women don't have the same tendency to control, so much as not let themselves BE controlled. A smart, strong willed man is more likely to try to control his female counter-part, while a smart, strong willed woman simply takes a stand and doesn't let anyone push her around. Much different case. So, I personally have found that where I had once felt defensive, I am now much more comfortable and secure in myself, so I don't feel as threatened as I once did. I believe you will most likely find that the younger generation is more inclined to be put off than the older, matured generation.
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men aren't as open with their feelings because we weren't created that way. in the 40's men weren't wearring diamond rings in their ears and pink shirts. some would sat because of the world has become more feminine and some would say people are freely expressing themselves. gay and bi people run the countries states so you do the math on that. when it comes to men expressing themselves it's alot of pressure from other men calling them weak and soft not to mention a bit*h azz *igga. most importantly men are afraid of being hurt more than women are but a humble mature true woman can help a man grow with her and into her which will aloow him to freely express himself without the fear of being hurt or taken for granted.
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I am in an Engineering Physics and Management program and I'm more of a tech head than a lot of the guys in my program. I think it's just what you were taught and what you were exposed to when you grow up. A lot of parents still have the stereotypes in their heads and they pass that on to their children without (or not without) realizing it. Even though we'd like to pride ourselves in having left all stereotypes behind us, they still exist today and they exist more readily in certain parts of the world than others.\n\nMen don't seem to be getting much more than women, it's a statistical fact that, on average, men are getting paid more than women. This is attributed to a number of reasons that include salary negotiation, the men to women ratio in higher paying positions and the men to women ratio in full-time and part-time positions.
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We are naturally not as emotional as women and the little sensitivity/emotion we have tends to get eroded by society. So I guess that leaves must of us emotionally crippled. But if u care to dig deep u will be surprised how sensitive some are.
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Some men are intimidated by a female who is very intelligent and/or beautiful.  They don't think they will add up.  Try not revealing everything about yourself all at once.  I know your proud of your degrees, but let these men know slowly about all of this.
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It is because they do not want to sound like a romantic in front of there big tough buddies. It all boils down to peer pressure.  Just think about it.  Someone does something embarrasing and you feel sorry for them but everybody else is laughing, you know you gonna laugh too...to be in the crowd.  That is the way guys are.  They got to be tough.  They cannot let that guard down.
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Most guys tend to think in terms of logic and act on instinct. Men are problem solvers by nature.
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Ha ha ha!  Somebody's read "A Confederacy of Dunces", right?  Well, since my girlfriend doesn't spend much time on Answers, I can answer for her.\n\nI am unlike a Mongoloid in that I am quite erudite.  Sometimes my eloquence exceeds the capacities of those around me and I am forced to reduce the complexity of my vocabulary tenfold.  I interact quite well with others of my caliber and I am even emotionally sensitive when it is called for.\n\nPerhaps this is more of a rhetorical question aimed at expressing your disgust with the male gender?  Perhaps a relationship of yours turned sour and now you think all men are pigs, right?
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Only some men do this, and they probably do it for exactly the same reason that some women sulk when you dont give the correct answer to them.\n\nSome people react childishly.
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Guys tend to do that , they don't like to talk about their day specially if they are facing problems in their job or something, because they feel that if they tell you the problem they might sound like they are asking for help and they don't like that, read "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" it explains it all.
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Wow.  Some of the comments.  Women are more passionate than men at everything???  No broad generalization there...  (chuckling)\n\nI think the answer has to do with subjection.  Even in today's modern American society, and especially in Christian society, women hold a role of "being in subjection" to husbands.  Many grow up and are taught this way.  It probably comes natural for some as well.  \n\nSo, then, many women are already used to the concept of being in subjection to something.  Men, for the most part, are not.  We're fiercely independent, aren't we?  And when it comes to Christianity...to calling Christ Lord and being in subjection to His will...that presents a larger problem for men.\n\nThat, I think, is why we see more females at Church.  Not because they're more spiritual, not because they're more passionate, but because they are blessed in having an easier time at being able to humble themselves to a higher authority.  For this, kudos to women.  \n\nSomebody once wrote that Hell's motto will be "I am mine."  Perhaps this applies.  The Bible tells wives to be subject to their husbands...but it also tells husbands to love their wives to the point of giving up their lives for them, as Christ did for the Church.  The unique thing is, when you love something that much...*you are in subjection to it*.
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men just don't want to hurt a girl's feelings. they think we are too soft or sensitive.