i don't mean to be disrespectful,but for a country where girls are constantly told they're worse at math/science than boys in spite of all the "encouragement for girls" programs, where many people believe it to be true (i don't remember if it was harvard's or yale's dean that got the boot for stating it), where they're encouraged to go to all-female colleges to avoid discrimination, this isn't really surprising. Those female scientists belong to the category brainwashed and unaware of it (admittedly, what i had in mind were those women who tell other women "you should know your place"). Hypocritical too. They probably belong to an older generation. I have high hopes for younger generations.

i don't know if the same happens in european countries. i know some female (natural/engineering) scientists who went abroad and who had to prove their worth, but it was to guys. and generally speaking i've had my share of you-need-to-prove-yourself-first, but again, it was always among guys. where i live, the thought that girls might be worse at math is ridiculous, and there is no need for any science encouragement programs aimed specifically at girls. all my experience with female (and male) teachers has been good (computer science), they treat everyone equally.

though really, i could actually understand that they were biased with physics, but biology and chemistry? *facepalm*

well...you might decide to do a blood test regularly once a year, just to make sure everything's okay. then again you might not. maybe you'll never do it. it's your own choice. i know a guy who does a prostate check once a year.

menopause - yeah, but i think it might be slightly hyped up by the media. my grandma had problems with pimples, my mum with sweating and occasional migraines, my aunt..hmm don't remember, meaning it wasn't anything that bad. when it's my turn, i hope i won't have many probs :) i suppose mothers would again say it's worth it cause you get to give birth. i read an article somewhere how women, once it's over, become invigorated and more adventurous than they were before. don't know if it's true.

bladder infection is an illness like any other, and just because you're a woman, it doesn't mean you'll get it, ever. and being a man doesn't make you immune to it either.

so you see, it's not all the time :)

but yeah, you have your own problems too. what is ED btw?

and i think that lady has some other problems. it's also possible that she's the dissatisfied/frustrated/overly stressed kind that can't handle it well, so on a "wrong day" it piles up.

isn't it laughed at when you take your pants off? :)

well, when you go out with a new chick, she might put something in your drink when you're not looking, and then later do nasty things. or be a creepy stalker that will make your life miserable. or when you go to her place (or just around the corner) some brutes she was working with might get you and then sell your organs.

heck, when you're walking in the street the person just passing by might pull out a gun and start shooting. or you might be standing in front of a store and a flower vase might fall on your head and kill you (true story).

you don't think about those things or assume the worst, else you'd never leave your house again, or end up in an asylum.

before you got married, when you went out with women, did you fear you might be laughed at each time? you don't go out with a person that you think might be like that.

as for complete strangers that nobody knows, well, you shouldn't trust people you don't know, so you go to a public place where there are other people.

unless they're thoroughly brainwashed with media drivel/propaganda and fucked up upbringing in a fucked up society, women do not feel like poor, weak, spineless, pathetic damsels in distress that need to fear every single thing and can't do shit themselves.

Yep! Like with everything :)

I know ;)

and i wonder, is there any fit guy here or are you all ugly greasy weirdos who never take showers? cause you know, unless you're hot, you don't count.

queen latifah and adele say hi btw.

I think it might be related to introversion/extroversion.
I used to sit/stand close only to people i felt close to. And guys/male avatars used to stand/sit as close to female avatars as possible. I actually had to move all the time, and in many cases they would be persistent and move closer again.