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No, in this case the attractive man also get's "approaches for personal intimacy" in the same sense that the women gets "approaches for personal intimacy" (she probably wouldn't label them that way)
But you deny it above. If I want to interact with another person then it makes sense to factors like that into account. Triggering someone else fear is not good.
Let's say I meet with a group of four people. 3 of those have little anxiety and are easily hugged. The 4th person has some social anxiety and will likely feel a bit uncomfortable when I hug them. If the 4th person is a girl I likely won't force a hug on her. With a guy I often will still hug them. Not hugging them might mean to him that I don't respect him because he's the only person I didn't hug and that might be worse for him then the slight uncomfort of being hugged.
I do have habitable triggers but if I want I can clear the feeling whenever I want and I will clear them when looking weak would probably make me a more unsafe. Then I'm not typical.
I'm weighing 55kg. I don't look very threatening. I had decent presence because I was coming from an evening dancing but I didn't do anything nonverbally that would warrant someone feeling threatened.
For practical purposes behavior that correlates with gender is difference between genders. Behavior is what you care about when it comes to modeling other people for interacting with them.