# Things the opposite sex just doesn't get. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193 "2010-07-27T15:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/41 "2010-07-27T19:56:39Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > > [@melodyharmonius](#): > > > > This made me chuckle. But I’m talking more about the clean space I just made on the counter or the table. That you immediately put your toolkit on. > > Hence the confusion. It’s an empty space, on a surface whose (thats?:dubious:) existence is only justified as a place to hold things. Seems counterintuitive to put effort in attempting to keep it empty… and a bit cruel towards the counter; I’m sure it just wants to be useful. > > Putting books in a bookshelf is still ok, right? Or do they also need to be denied fulfilling their purpose in life? And I’m assuming placing the lawnmower on top of the lawn is also allowed? > _sigh_ > > …women, you are a mystery to me… one that I’m going to crack one day, no matter how many pictures from the net I have to research. 😃 stop making me giggle - it makes such stains on my screen! i have no problem with you putting food on the kitchen counter, or dining at the dining table. But a toolkit should really go on the workbench, just like the lawn goes on the lawn mower and the book on the bookshelf. Empty space /= appropriate space. Don’t make me have to get all mathematical on you. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/42 "2010-07-27T20:00:25Z")
I remembered another one. It’s not that I don’t understand sports. It’s just not enjoyable for me to watch your teams because they suck. They are all about showboating, with no appreciation for the fundamentals of the game. Passing, dribbling, watching your zones - it’s all about the teamwork, not the glory shots. Bring back the Celtics from the 80s - with McHale, Parrish, and Bird working with Tiny, DJ, ML and even little Danny Ainge, and then we’ll talk. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/43 "2010-07-27T20:02:57Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Female: > > Just because my opinion is influenced by emotion doesn’t mean I’m not right. > > And its corollary: Your notion that your opinion is not influenced by emotion is complete BS. Well yeah, duh! How could an opinion on anything exist that was not emotionally informed?? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/44 "2010-07-27T20:03:09Z")
Men have no need to go shopping with women, and heaven forbid it be in a clothing store. We do not need to see women touch 40 percent of the items in a department store twice, play with the shoes and open the handbags. Get what you came for, you are not taking inventory and doing sales demonstrations. It drives us nuts. Men just do not do this, unless it is a hardware store like Home Depot with power tools. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/45 "2010-07-27T20:06:17Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > Male: > > Yes, sometimes piling the mail [or clothes, books, laundry, etc] and sorting it later is the right thing to do. Define “later.” If it means “sometime before bed” and there’s no pressing need to have it done sooner than that, that’s just fine. If it means, as it all too often seems to, “sometime before the next ice age unless I forget about it and/or decide you’re nagging,” that is substantially less fine. Some people say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I say it’s not paved at all; all those good intentions are sitting there in their boxes because someone is “getting around to” paving the road with them. This is why we want you to put your shit away now instead of later. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/46 "2010-07-27T20:06:41Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > - it’s all about the teamwork, not the glory shots. Oddly, this also a bone of contention while watching porn with the opposite sex. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/47 "2010-07-27T20:13:16Z")
No, I’m not mad. … No, not upset. … Really! … Well, yes, that last was a sign of me being mad, but I’m just irritated because I’ve had to deny this three times. Is there a cock crowing somewhere? … \ You’re right: Sarcasm is not constructive. I’m sorry. \ (But seriously - when you ask a guy multiple times if he’s mad, don’t be surprised if he _gets_ mad! 😉 ). ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/48 "2010-07-27T20:36:20Z")
Farts. They are all funny, even the evil ones that the dog does. Yes, some are foul and I don’t like smelling them any more than you do - but they’re still funny. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine my gender. [edit] I see DigitalC beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/49 "2010-07-27T20:38:52Z")
Male. If you insist that I’m angry or bothered until I actually get visibly angry or bothered, that doesn’t mean you were right before. I wasn’t bothered or angry until you insisted that I was, and the only reason I am now is that you persisted in your misperceptions. You were never anything but 100% wrong about my state of mind. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/50 "2010-07-27T20:39:07Z")
Guys, grown females are called women. Not girls. And if you get offended whenever I use the term boys for grown men, well I’m doing to prove a point to you. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/51 "2010-07-27T20:47:47Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Guys, grown females are called women. Not girls. And if you get offended whenever I use the term boys for grown men, well I’m doing to prove a point to you. Sorry, I have to jump in here. All of the adult females in my office refer to themselves and each other as “girls”, as did all the women in all of the offices I’ve ever worked in, as well as the women in grad school. Women universally refer to themselves as “girls”. Not to mention my wife and her friends, and not just during their regular “girls’ nights out”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/52 "2010-07-27T20:50:44Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > > [@niblet\_head](#): > > > > Guys, grown females are called women. Not girls. And if you get offended whenever I use the term boys for grown men, well I’m doing to prove a point to you. > > Sorry, I have to jump in here. All of the adult females in my office refer to themselves and each other as “girls”, as did all the women in all of the offices I’ve ever worked in, as well as the women in grad school. Women universally refer to themselves as “girls”. Not to mention my wife and her friends, and not just during their regular “girls’ nights out”. I agree, and would like to add my own personal objection: the casual term for an adult woman, “gal”, is so much worse than “guy”. It just doesn’t sound as good. “Guy” works as a word much better than “gal” does. So if I’m going to refer to an adult female casually, what am I going to call her? A chick? It seems to me that the only options are either the lame “gal” or sexually-laden words like “babe”. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/53 "2010-07-27T20:54:49Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Please, please explain this. I own two pairs of sneakers, two pairs of dress shoes, and flip-flops. Why does anyone need more than that? Because no matter what we weigh… cute shoes _always_ look _great_. That’s why. That and there are about 100 subsets of “dress shoes” in women’s world. You might need heels for pants because they’re too long, closed toed shoes for work, open toed shoes for [some other occasion or outfit], sandals for casual dressy, boots for winter… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/54 "2010-07-27T20:56:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > No, I’m not mad. > … > No, not upset. > … > Really! > … > Well, yes, that last was a sign of me being mad, but I’m just irritated because I’ve had to deny this three times. Is there a cock crowing somewhere? My mother used to be the master of pissing me off in that way. In a similar vein… Men, understand that if a woman is upset and says she doesn’t want to talk about it, it means that she’s upset and she wants to talk about it. Women, understand that if a man is upset and says he doesn’t want to talk about it, it means that he’s upset and **he doesn’t want to talk about it**. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/55 "2010-07-27T21:01:39Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > > [@niblet\_head](#): > > > > Guys, grown females are called women. Not girls. And if you get offended whenever I use the term boys for grown men, well I’m doing to prove a point to you. > > Sorry, I have to jump in here. All of the adult females in my office refer to themselves and each other as “girls”, as did all the women in all of the offices I’ve ever worked in, as well as the women in grad school. Women universally refer to themselves as “girls”. Not to mention my wife and her friends, and not just during their regular “girls’ nights out”. Well, then, tell them to stop participating in their own oppression! 😉 (I’ll make note of your experience, and will post it in the next Things Women Do that Drive Other Women Crazy thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/56 "2010-07-27T21:06:47Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Guys, grown females are called women. Not girls. Ummm…I think you misunderstand. He’s talking about breasts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/57 "2010-07-27T21:13:08Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > So if I’m going to refer to an adult female casually, what am I going to call her? A chick? It seems to me that the only options are either the lame “gal” or sexually-laden words like “babe”. I believe you should try busting out ‘Throbbing Mattress Kitten.’ No really! ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/58 "2010-07-27T21:17:34Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > So if I’m going to refer to an adult female casually, what am I going to call her? A chick? It seems to me that the only options are either the lame “gal” or sexually-laden words like “babe”. I quite like “lady”. “Oh yeah, **Electric Warrior** , she’s a cool lady.” Or “Hey dudes and ladies, come check out this Youtube video of my cat.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/59 "2010-07-27T21:28:47Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > > [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > > > So if I’m going to refer to an adult female casually, what am I going to call her? A chick? It seems to me that the only options are either the lame “gal” or sexually-laden words like “babe”. > > I quite like “lady”. “Oh yeah, **Electric Warrior** , she’s a cool lady.” Or “Hey dudes and ladies, come check out this Youtube video of my cat.” Agreed. ‘‘Lady’’ is hard to find offensive or patronizing. Incidentally, I tend to refer to myself as a girl and to men as boys. It’s something I have to consciously check myself for when I post to the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193/60 "2010-07-27T21:52:48Z")
Female here, aged 43. Why are The Three Stooges considered a “guy thing”? My sister and I grew up watching them every morning and loved them. My soon-to-be-18 year old niece loves them, also. I learned the art of the pun, such as it is, from them. We also giggle at farts and jokes about farts. They’re just funny. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-the-opposite-sex-just-doesnt-get/548193.md?page=4)