Can men be intimidated by women?

[leothelioness]

Well, can they? What about a woman would be so intimidating to men?

 

[Tehchad]

yes. you are the most beautiful creature on earth.

 

[leothelioness]

I'm certainly not. And not all women are. It's gotta be something else.

 

[Schneiderman]

Lots of men are, especially when they are attracted to them, probably has to do with a fear of rejection or failure in most cases. There is a perceived pressure to appear perfect before women. And women can make very harsh judgments prematurely based on very superficial things.

 

[Im_A]

I'm certainly not. And not all women are. It's gotta be something else.

Yea the
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is not attractive.

 

[crishmael]

Lots of men are, especially when they are attracted to them, probably has to do with a fear of rejection or failure in most cases. There is a perceived pressure to appear perfect before women. And women can make very harsh judgments prematurely based on very superficial things.

This. I get so nervous trying to figure out ways not to screw up.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

Not in any gender-specific ways, no.

 

[BranwenUerchLlyr]

Lots of men are, especially when they are attracted to them, probably has to do with a fear of rejection or failure in most cases. There is a perceived pressure to appear perfect before women. And women can make very harsh judgments prematurely based on very superficial things.

Is this unique to men? I've felt this way every time I'm in pursuit of a guy I'm really into.

 

[Guy Incognito]

You guys have boobs, girl boobs, and they hold a magical spell over us.

All joking aside, it has a lot to do with fearing rejection, and that you guys have certain ways of making things crazy complicated for us (granted, I don't mean all women, but it's true haha).

For example; in high school when a dude annoyed another dude, it was rather quickly dealt with with words. When a dude really annoyed a girl, it became a week long drama where she slowly turned everyone on the guy. I saw this happen...repeatedly haha. That can be intimidating.

 

[Miss Spaulding]

Originally Posted by Schneiderman

Lots of men are, especially when they are attracted to them, probably has to do with a fear of rejection or failure in most cases. There is a perceived pressure to appear perfect before women. And women can make very harsh judgments prematurely based on very superficial things.
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This. I get so nervous trying to figure out ways not to screw up.

Oookaaay...this is pretty much how I feel around men. Geez, it's a "who's on first" situation. ...I'm doomed.

 

[Boondock_Saint]

No woman can intimidate me because I do my own automobile maintenance, pick up heavy things, and eat nails.

 

[Schneiderman]

Is this unique to men? I've felt this way every time I'm in pursuit of a guy I'm really into.

I don't know, I'm not a girl, and haven't discussed this kind of thing with a lot of girls personally, and the few I did are now known to be completely insane so it may or may not be fair to generalize girls based on that.

 

[broken_one]

No Leo, I'm not intimidated by you.

 

[Schneiderman]

I can say this: if a guy is the least bit attracted to a girl, the girl can get away with a LOT- silly things, stupid things, rude things, mean things... if a guy is attracted to a girl he will forgive her for murder. This of course can be true with girls too but in my experience it does not manifest itself in the same way, or as often. The point is that, based on my experience as a guy and knowing plenty of other guys and understanding how guys think, I would assert that girls have very little to worry about when it comes to "screwing up" in front of a guy early on in a friendship/relationship and really don't have anything to be intimidated about in terms of the way they act.

 

[Im_A]

I can say this: if a guy is the least bit attracted to a girl, the girl can get away with a LOT- silly things, stupid things, rude things, mean things... if a guy is attracted to a girl he will forgive her for murder. This of course can be true with girls too but in my experience it does not manifest itself in the same way, or as often. The point is that, based on my experience as a guy and knowing plenty of other guys and understanding how guys think, I would assert that girls have very little to worry about when it comes to "screwing up" in front of a guy early on in a friendship/relationship and really don't have anything to be intimidated about in terms of the way they act.

The flip side is true with women though.

I get nervous as I am trying to get a woman. I don't feel intimidated though.

 

[Schneiderman]

The flip side is true with women though.

That argument can be made and I can't really fight it. As I said, I'm not a girl. However, my experience- both personal and based on talking to other guys- leads me to disagree with the assertion.

I get nervous as I am trying to get a woman. I don't feel intimidated though.

Yes, there is a distinction. I would say the same thing about myself, when I have pursued girls.

 

[GoodNewsJim]

I'm sure there are a couple body building women that could intimidate me.

 

[mustang333]

I think some woman can be intimidating, but to me most aren't. I think I am more easily intimidated by guys.

 

[Schneiderman]

Oh, if we are talking about men being physically intimidated by women as in being afraid of being hurt by them... of course a man can be intimidated in such a way, but I personally never have been, with the glaring exception of almost every female Marine I have met. Other than that I have been beaten and stabbed by girls but they still don't scare me.

 

[Im_A]

That argument can be made and I can't really fight it. As I said, I'm not a girl. However, my experience- both personal and based on talking to other guys- leads me to disagree with the assertion.

I wasn't trying to argue that guys don't get intimidated or shouldn't. There is no should or could with this. They do. I was responding that, what you stated isn't in particular to guys only. Women can and do go through the same thing.