I'll have what she's having
"Men and women can't be friends because the sex always gets in the way."
Famous quote. The discussion's been had a million times over since Harry Burns and Sally Albright tied the knot in 1989. But no real definitive answer has been given, so the debate lives on.
So, my question of the day...
Can a man be friends with a woman he finds attractive?
If the answer is "no," then if a man is friends with a woman, does that mean he finds her
unattrative?
You realize what this means. If your answer to the above question is "no" then it just proves the obvious: that all men care about is sex. And what about women? No one tries to even argue that women can't be friends with a man she finds attractive, because it's simply not true. Women have a tremendous capacity to think of things other than sex, and to not build a relationship with someone based solely on their fantasies. Which just proves that women are the superior race. But, we knew that already.
Back to the above question. Astute movie watchers will note that Harry answered the second question as well. Guys pretty much "want to nail" everyone, attractive and unattractive women alike. So what does that say about the friendships we think we have with members of the other sex?
Famous quote. The discussion's been had a million times over since Harry Burns and Sally Albright tied the knot in 1989. But no real definitive answer has been given, so the debate lives on.
So, my question of the day...
Can a man be friends with a woman he finds attractive?
If the answer is "no," then if a man is friends with a woman, does that mean he finds her
unattrative?
You realize what this means. If your answer to the above question is "no" then it just proves the obvious: that all men care about is sex. And what about women? No one tries to even argue that women can't be friends with a man she finds attractive, because it's simply not true. Women have a tremendous capacity to think of things other than sex, and to not build a relationship with someone based solely on their fantasies. Which just proves that women are the superior race. But, we knew that already.
Back to the above question. Astute movie watchers will note that Harry answered the second question as well. Guys pretty much "want to nail" everyone, attractive and unattractive women alike. So what does that say about the friendships we think we have with members of the other sex?
posted by elanit | 12:21 PM
1 Comments:
hm.
No one tries to even argue that women can't be friends with a man she finds attractive, because it's simply not true. Women have a tremendous capacity [...] to not build a relationship with someone based solely on their fantasies.
I'm not sure I completely agree with the above: I've met a large number of women who are friends with people they find attractive, and then find themselves falling for them. In fact, would you really be willing to say that it's men who build relationships based on fantasies? Quick quiz: is a man or woman more likely to have planned out what his/her wedding day should look like?
Now, I would definitely say that many more women think they can have friendships where the sexual element doesn't enter into it, but I'm not sure whether that's based on a greater or lesser degree of self-awareness. ;)
Regarding "nailing," as you so delicately put it, I've met some pretty horny women in addition to the pretty horny men. The women I've met tend to be more focused: they want that guy, whereas the men want a girl. This is just based on people I know, so thus horribly overgeneralized :)
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