Well, I voted “no/maybe”—mostly because a) irrespective of my gender, I’m a pretty shy and not terribly social person by nature. In the unlikely event that I was in an average bar, the situation with the lady in question would be so far out of my orbit that I’d be too flustered and surprised to say anything but a polite “no, but thank you!” in stunned shock. And then b) I’d think it could be some kind of trick. Like she was crazy, diseased, planning to rob me, planning to steal a Kidney, or slip me a mickey and I’d wake up on a tramp steamer bound for Rura Penthe. I don’t know if that says more about gender roles in society, the “culture of fear,” or me, personally.
As a matter of fact, there was a “Best Case Scenario” parody book a few years ago—written in the wake of those “Worst Case Scenario” emergency guides that came out—that had a set of instructions for a similar “a beautiful woman approaches you and offers to have immediate, no-strings-attached sex with you.” The scenario immediately tells you to assume it’s some kind of horrible trick, and advises you to get out of the building as soon as possible, including instructions on how to pop out a plate glass window and climb to safety along a window ledge or window washer rail, IIRC. I think it assumed the second person “you” was male.
Though as others have noted, making a few alterations to the initial scenario might make all the difference. Like taking out the possibility of the woman being a psycho with Super AIDS™, or some such. And, honestly, if the average woman looked like, say, this, and the “bar” was some utterly geeky convention—y’know, some setting where I would feel comfortable—I’d probably be a lot more amiable to the whole setup.
You know, as a matter of fact, I think there was actually a scientific study done on this very subject awhile back—I think I saw it on one of those Desmond Morris Discovery channel documentaries. I think most of the unwitting male test subjects said “sure!” as a matter of fact.
Ah, but the point is that she isn’t particularly attractive. She’s average. And if average is fat, and you’re not attracted to heavy women, then you can assume that the “average” woman is at least somewhat unattractive to you.
ETA: To put it another way–You define your own average here, soif when you think “average” you think “too fat for my tastes,” well, then I guess your answer would be “no or maybe.”
Y’know, I woder if the reference statement had been that a man was “80% likelier” to go for it upon being approached, then though equally unverifiable fewer people would make such a big deal of its improbability. Because it would still account for the approach mostly failing.
Once you start talking that about the “spirit” of the notion of the aggressive female, then I’d lean in the direction of AHunter3’s answer, in the sense that I’d be greatly pleased at a hookup in which the woman honestly takes the initiative and is open about her intentions (and SO relieved at being spared all the mind-reading and signals-decryption usually expected from the male side of the equation!), but still somebody has to work it, at least some sort of protocol be observed. So, my No or Maybe is NO as literally proposed; Maybe with specific additional conditions.
