But there are very many women who also do this and very many men who take a more exploratory, questioning approach to conversation
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As opposed to many women feeling the need to present things in a female perspective?
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Yes. This has historically been criticised as straying from the point, talking too much, being ambiuous.
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Honestly, IME a "geek" recalling premises for clarity is often just trying to distinguish common ground and disagreement. Not condescension.
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So if I say X, it doesn't even mean I think you're unaware of X. Just that I'm not sure you agree with my version of X.
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If a topic comes up that I know something about, I'd think it rude NOT to share my knowledge. Whether you 'need' it is your call, not mine
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I like to be presented knowledge in a neutral way, if I already know it I will take the conversation further, not get pissy about it.
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You don't know what your interlocutor knows, sometimes you have to explain a lot, starting from the basics, before making a point.
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For me (not speaking for other men) I tend to want to help or clarify on subjects I think I have a grasp on for the mere sake of helping...
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Your Tweet here is an excellent example of how we often perceive a correlation between gender & perceptiveness /1
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You're open to mental / emotional gender differences, & to discussing them. So where others see misogyny, you see honest discussion /2
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IMO this is one reason you don't perceive men thinking you're stupid, where other women would think that in similar situations. 3/3
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Male leftist activists at my uni were told to shut up and not lead. It paved the way for a toxic feminocracy and new forms of corruption.
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FWIW, our 'bias' is fixing thing, vs talking/processing feelings/events. If we ask, "Do you want a solution or just talk about it?" helps.
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I think there is a "man trapped inside Helen's mind". Her perspective on how a man thinks is quite realistic.
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Quite, and the attempt to pathologise such normal male behaviour seems to be part of many feminist doctrines.
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I often say things the hearer probably already knows as a way of saying "I find this fact particularly relevant here, this is what informs
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my reasoning on the subject at hand." It's to help make clear where I'm coming from.
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