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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: tg
Date: Mar 20, 2008 13:01

On Mar 19, 10:34 pm, "Scott H" wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>> it's possible that they're trying to say just that; we glance at their
>> bodies, not at *them*.  That we glance at them appreciatively in
>> exactly the same way we glance appreciatively at a Corvette or a big-
>> screen TV.
>
>> They want more!
>
> What's the difference between glancing at their bodies and glancing at them?
> In what direction must I face?
>
> In just what "way" do we glance at a woman that we don't at a Corvette?

Not sure about your phrasing there, but anyway...

The difference is between looking at a Corvette and looking under the
hood of a Corvette to see what horsepower engine it has. We guys can
go pretty far in forming our perception or conception of a woman
without talking to he
---for some of us, who actually care, that final
step can be a real disappointing moment.

tg, old married and happy guy, who found the V-8
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