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Feb 16, 2006Comments: 0 · Posts: 15214 · Topics: 99
LOL..Just feel like stirring...I've been away for a week
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Nov 04, 2005Comments: 233 · Posts: 8226 · Topics: 348
though, i suppose its hard to do anything but 'improve' when you're that crap. lol
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"If there's a meeting of the minds, I don't mind either hairy or hairless."
There is a lot of things that I find sexy. If the man that I have chosen to be with has a hairy chest, then I would no doubt find him sexy still. But, looking at pictures or imagining / creating the perfect man, then I would definitely have to choose hairless. From a purely aesthetic and visual perspective, I find hairy to be a turn off, but I do not disregard the fact that sex appeal for me is FAR more than purely aesthetic or visual.
"I don't have a preference, but I do NOT like shaved chests. That is a huge turn-off. Whatever they come with naturally, is fine."
Hmmmm... I have only been with hairless (chested) men that are naturally hairless (not to say that I haven't been with hairy chested men). Never been with one that has shaved their chest. I didn't think at first that I would like a shaved...ummmm, nether regions (I wax) but, after giving it a go, I have to say I find it...fun. I am not quite sure I would mind a shaved chest. I'm game to give it a whirl if that is their thing, but I don't think that I would ask them to do it. When I am attracted to someone, I am attract to everything about them, and I would like to think that would include their body hair (or lack there of), as you said.
There is no specific set of traits or actions.. it's just something you know after a few minutes.
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Nov 04, 2005Comments: 233 · Posts: 8226 · Topics: 348
of course it does. so long as its more cooperative rather than fighting. and yes... that is possible.
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these are interesting questions you've got goin' 'round, fox.
It worked for me for a time ...beautifully too.
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May 04, 2006Comments: 0 · Posts: 1078 · Topics: 68
Numerous studies have demonstrated the validity of the minimal group theory; which in so many words, means that humans are shown to be biased toward individuals belonging to their ingroup on some element of categorization. Henry Tajfel was the first psychologist to prove this. In a now famous experiment, he randomly seperated people into two groups based on whether they preferred the paintings of Klee or Kandinsky. And the result of the experiment was that, being placed in a minimal group such as that, was enough to foster a bias toward those in the same group. There are a lot of implications to these experiments, in terms of effective methods for reducing discrimination (cognitive and social), but it's 5 in the morning so maybe I'll write more on it tomorrow. But I will say that while we all discriminate in one form or another (such as based on taste in music, life aspirations, gender, ethnicity, etc., etc. ), studies also suggest that some people have a tendency to discriminate more than others. Though humans can't escape discriminating in one way or another because people necessarily use categories to process all of the stimuli surrounding them. Prejudice becomes an issue because everything people perceive is subjectively interpreted and thus, these categories are at some point given meaning from various sources; the media, music, family/friends, past experiences. Though we tend to be prejudiced only when a category is salient or important to us. For example, I may not be prejudiced in the most commonly referred to ways, but if a person's philosophy on life is important to me, then I may end up being prejudiced against individuals whose perspective on life differ greatly from mine. It all depends on what categories are salient to you). The interesting question I think, is what are the underlying, subconscious reasons why people feel compelled, almost instinctively, to prefer those in their ingroup (whatever it may be). I have my theories, but what do you all think?