tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post113761220724107150..comments2024-01-24T13:48:22.659-08:00Comments on DADvocate: Self-Made Man Has Trouble With Women!DADvocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-1137707832969027302006-01-19T13:57:00.000-08:002006-01-19T13:57:00.000-08:00bilwick - I see your point. When I have dated, etc...bilwick - <BR/><BR/>I see your point. When I have dated, etc. I've never viewed it as a "test" but as a getting to know you situation. But I have heard people, primarily women, make references to "passing the test" and "points." I am certainly interested in whether or not another is compatible with me. Maybe I'm mincing words, but I like to look at it as more of an exploration with greater DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-1137701923521474052006-01-19T12:18:00.000-08:002006-01-19T12:18:00.000-08:00I'm a single, straight male, and I don't find the ...I'm a single, straight male, and I don't find the idea of "passing a test" offensive. After all, I'm, in a sense, "giving a test"--the Compatability Test. I'm assuming that women are giving me the same test (their own personalized versions, of course), and I'm okay with that. My only concern would be whether the criteria are superficial and (to use the expression as Ayn Rand does in THE Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-1137619109968916242006-01-18T13:18:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:18:00.000-08:00I really don't know why women would have to live a...<I>I really don't know why women would have to live as men in order to get inside their skin. I wish both sexes could have more empathy for the other.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree completely.<BR/><BR/>Years ago, I read "Black Like Me." There seems to be something to <I>really</I> putting yourself in the other's shoes (or as close as you possibly can) that adds to the perspective.<BR/><BR/>In this case DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-1137618573047898342006-01-18T13:09:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:09:00.000-08:00Dadvocate:It is indeed a good book--I am reading a...Dadvocate:<BR/><BR/>It is indeed a good book--I am reading an advanced copy and we will hopefully be interviewing the author next week for a podcast to talk about being a woman and living as a man for 18 months. <BR/><BR/>I really don't know why women would have to live as men in order to get inside their skin. I wish both sexes could have more empathy for the other.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14833129354819564010noreply@blogger.com