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Originally Posted by Radical  I don't like all this generalizing, even if girls and boys think differently. I think most of the difference is due to social conditioning. We have to remember that we are all just human beings, looking for nice people to share our experience of the world with. |
Very close to what I was about to say. So the woman that wrote the article found a man who has certain qualities (some shallower than others); he's kind, he's attentive, he has a cultivated intelligence, he obesseses over a few hobbies, he eats and dresses poorly, he has a strong libido and is sexually giving, he has respectful friends, and he abstains from alcohol.
That's a short list of qualities that isn't even good enough to partially describe an individual. But she wrote it to describe a whole set of people. Who? Well, because she never defines "geek", I assume she means anyone that shares those qualities she listed. All she's saying is "my boyfriend is great, he's like this. Date someone like him!"
And although generalizing about men and woman can be useful (because we are coping with the actual effects of social conditioning and culture), generalizing about an imaginary demographic that is very ill-defined is mostly an exercise in defining it, which amounts to creating it. We dont need more social conditioning or imaginary boxes to classify people in.
It's pointless generalization. It's at best useless and at worse harmful.