# Work: What I HATE about training women. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936 "2016-05-16T22:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/81 "2016-05-21T17:28:09Z")
Makes me glad I’m not still a young horny 20 something. Back then every time I was around a female I’d act stupid. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/82 "2016-05-22T01:53:56Z")
It is a real burden being a no-longer-young, unattractive man who people seem to actually like. When I am in training women, both age-appropriate and young enough to be my adult daughters, drop by and visit and ask obvious questions about what I am doing! The sheer drudgery of paying attention to pleasant, attractive women instead of my tedious lessons! I don’t know how I cope. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/83 "2016-05-22T02:28:36Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Makes me glad I’m not still a young horny 20 something. Back then every time I was around a female I’d act stupid. “Back then”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/84 "2016-05-22T21:25:49Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Makes me glad I’m not still a young horny 20 something. Back then every time I was around a female I’d act stupid. A female what? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/85 "2016-05-25T10:16:06Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > While I agree with your sentiment, the reality is that beautiful women activate a very primitive area of the male brain. It can be very distracting. A similar example might be if you were in a restaurant and saw a very famous and attractive celebrity at another table. You would likely find yourself looking over often and trying to come up with a reason to go over and interact with them. It can often be like that with beautiful women. Men need to make a continual effort to override that urge, and not all men do that all the time. > [@Miller](#): > > What a load of fatuous bullshit. Eh, I’m not so sure it is. While one can certainly overemphasize the idea of men as stupid, horny cavemen, there’s some truth in the idea that deep within the male brain some remnants of the stupid, horny caveman still exist. Even I, who am old-ish, married and extremely clueless, am self-aware enough to notice that when a beautiful young woman crosses my path a tiny part of my brain will start shouting “WUH-MAAAAN!!!”. It’s not remotely an overwhelming impulse and like most men I’m perfectly capable of ignoring it but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t occasionally a minor distraction. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/86 "2016-05-25T13:17:16Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > First make friends, later find out if she may be interested in more. But this is something that men are also discouraged to do. The common advice is to be clear in your interest and don’t try to weasel your way through the friendship door. There’s a lot of guys who didn’t get the chance to have a good dating experience as a teenager and now don’t really know what to do. They get a lot conflicting advice, from mostly well meaning people and sources, and then pretty much have to force their way through these social rituals if they are to get anywhere. Their loneliness comes off as being a jerk. One can sympathise. Except at work, of course. Do your job and let others do theirs. ---
**Author:** ![benjamin\_mazariegos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@benjamin\_mazariegos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benjamin_mazariegos)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/87 "2016-05-25T23:18:53Z")
Solution, hire an ugly, unattractive woman. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/88 "2016-05-26T00:51:36Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. We hope you enjoyed your stay. ---
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/89 "2016-05-26T01:26:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’d be happy to explain the problem to her, if you’ve got a picture. Not good enough, OP needs to get video with her jumping up and down, tell her it clears her head for the complex tasks she is about to take on. Anyway, I completely get the impulse, I try to be neutral, but I prefer talking to good looking guys even though I know it will usually lead nowhere since they don’t have the same inclinations. This is the burden of being good looking, people will be more drawn to you, male and female. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/90 "2016-05-26T05:47:01Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > But this is something that men are also discouraged to do. The common advice is to be clear in your interest and don’t try to weasel your way through the friendship door. Well, if all the guy is interested in is sex, then he’s never been a friend or seen her as a person. Inflatable dolls are thataway. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936/91 "2016-05-26T13:09:28Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Makes me glad I’m not still a young horny 20 something. Back then every time I was around a female I’d act stupid. > [@zweisamkeit](#): > > A female what? This is why we can’t have nice things. Last week NPR had a segment which contrasted “male” workers with “woman” workers … okay, maybe going a bit to far to avoid the f-word, especially since it was an adjective and you didn’t call them “men” workers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-what-i-hate-about-training-women/754936.md?page=4)