I am continously amazed to hear males spout out answers when they absolutely have no fucking clue what they are talking about. I was in a bar and could not help overhearing conversation of the group next to me. These guys were yaking away, trying to impress the chicks. I came across this article:
"THE MALE ANSWER SYNDROME
Have you ever wondered why:
Men who have never been west of Kentucky can tell you about the mentality of the Japanese?
Men who cant pay their credit card bills have a plan for dealing with the national debt?
Men who arent on speaking terms with their families know how to achieve peace in the Middle East?
Men who flunked high school physics can explain what went wrong at NASA?
Men who havent had a date in six months know what women really want?
I asked my friend Lou, who spends his weekends fixing up his Harley and watching female mud wrestling, how he thinks political autonomy will affect the economies of the Baltic states. His brow will furrow; he will purse his lips thoughtfully. "Its interesting that you mention that
" he will begin, and then he will come up with somethingprobably nothing remotely feasiblebut something.
This behaviorthe chronic answering of questions regardless of actual knowledgeis known as Male Answer Syndrome. The compulsion to answer varies from person to person, but few men are happy saying: "I dont know." They prefer: "Thats not whats important here." They try not to get bogged down by petty considerations, such as: "Do I know anything about this subject?" or "Is what I have to say interesting?" They take a broad view of questions, treating them less as requests for specific pieces of information than as invitations to expand on some theories, air a few prejudices, and tell a couple of jokes. Some men seem to regard life as a talk show on which they are the star guest. If you ask: "What is the capital of Peru?" they hear: "So tell us a bit about your early years, Bob."
Many women actively encourage male answering behavior. There is in the female a correlative condition known as the Say What? Complex. Women, who behind closed doors expound eloquently on particle physics, may be found, in male company, gaping at the news that the earth is round.
MAS tends to be mild until puberty; boys begin to speak with authority on matters of foreign policy at the same time they start to grow facial hair. Scientists have developed this theory on how MAS developed: Since killing wooly mammoths and attacking enemies with rocks are now frowned upon, and since shirts open to the navel are not appropriate in every social situation, men prove their masculinity by concocting elaborate theories about football.
Growing awareness of MAS has led some to call for a moratorium on all male-female conversation. This is alarmist. But care should be taken. Women must remind themselves that if a man tells them something particularly interesting there is a good chance that it is particularly untrue. "
i wonder which one.
