# Ladies, let’s be honest **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-let-s-be-honest/477382 "2008-12-16T12:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 146
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-let-s-be-honest/477382/146 "2008-12-19T22:42:31Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Persistence is very bad, they seemed to say, except when it’s good. I think that sums it up pretty well, and I think it’s a good point. Women have a tendency to view men’s behavior through the lens of how attractive they find the guy. More specifically, if a woman decides that a man is someone she would pretty much never consider as a romantic partner, then repeated advances by him are much more likely to be seen as creepy and offensive. Of course men are biased too. Here’s a hypothetical for guys: Suppose you are at the mall and you wander into a Sharper Image store. You are looking at those cheesy hand held fans which spray water. All of a sudden, a woman who is there alone picks up a fan, playfully sprays water at your face, and giggles. Would you be more annoyed and offended if (1) she was fat, unattractive, and 45 years old; or (2) if she was a hottie? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-let-s-be-honest/477382)._