PhilipL comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 December 2012 01:51:51AM *  9 points [-]

Speaking only for myself, I think asking whether help is welcome and taking rejection politely is a good combination.

Any thoughts about whether the world would be a better place if men were comfortable offering each other that sort of help and accepting it some of the time?

Comment author: [deleted] 05 December 2012 01:23:34AM 2 points [-]

I can't imagine it would be a /worse/ world, in any case. If it were raining harder, I would theoretically be more willing to offer help, regardless of gender (and despite at least one personal anecdotal experience agreeing with Alicorn's comment). It just seems "wrong" (cold, unfriendly) if I hadn't offered, in my situation, regardless of whether aid was accepted or not.