HELLO...AM A NOOB !

[SteveDallas]

Originally posted by dhamsaic


That was really just an arbitrary example. Any other situation which may require some assistance is worthy. Computer problems. Even situations that don't require assistance. Are we more likely to smile at a female than we are a male?

Well yeah, the tire-changing example, I hate to say it but in this day & age I'm not likely to stop & get out of my car & help anybody. And I'm likely to be moderately suspicious of anybody who tries to help me. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

I wonder if it's linked to our expectation of the person asking for help? I think that people generally expect a woman to ask for help (when lost, etc.) than a man. In fact, and I hate to make these generalizations, but in the dark ages when I worked in the computer center in college, I observed this. A man who messed something up was more likely to try to fix it himself, and would generally either succeed, or screw it up beyond all help. Women were much more likely to ask for help immediately before the situation was out of hand.