Are dare-devils really more attractive?

Surely you're not that shallow girls...

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Jon Doran
29/12/2000 at 19:18
What d'you reckon? Do women really go for risk takers or is it a load of hot air and academic tripe? Would abseiling off a bit of dodgy tat or skippiing along Crib Goch in 90 mph winds really up your girl appeal?

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Ms. Mjausson
31/12/2000 at 10:59
Is it just this thread or is the whole OutdoorsMagic site geared exclusively towards straight men and lesbian women?
Jon Doran
31/12/2000 at 16:43
No, it's just this thread...

The original article was based on a study of women's assessment of men's attractiveness according to whether the men were described as being dare-devils or not. It concluded that (presumably straight) women went for 'dare-devil' men, but didn't tackle the questions of whether lesbians were attracted to 'dare-devil' women, or gay men to 'dare-devil' men, or straight men to 'dare-devil' women or if sexuality could actually be reversed by someone prepared to take truly outrageous risks in the name of showing off...

Any idea?

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Cullen Ward
02/01/2001 at 15:20
Which in itself raises some other issues: Why is it that many Lesbians go out with women who look like blokes? And why do homosexual men go for effeminate blokes?

And am I simply risking the wrath of the sexual minorities to make me more attractive to women?

Does anyone really care?
Cullen Ward
02/01/2001 at 16:42
Do Lesbians and Homosexuals even need to be capitalised? It's all very confusing
Dave Parr
06/01/2001 at 06:43
Phwoooooh Cullen, RISKY! But hell, you DO look sexy doing it. ;)
rob priestley
07/01/2001 at 21:32
on the orginal thread - yea it looks sexy in pictures BUT i never met many women who like the reality of
-smelly running kit
-not going out on saturdays 'cause the weather forecasts great
-eurosport not sky movies
-when your not training you're asleep
-four bikes but no money

anybody found any?

tony mcgarley
07/01/2001 at 23:48
rob, i can wake up at 5 in the morning, stuff my rucsac and tell my girlfriend that i'm off backpacking/bikepacking for 3 days. what is her reaction? she gets up with me and makes sarnies and does a flask. how lucky am i?
i come back sweaty, stinking and full of mud. i throw my kit into the kitchen and sit on my favourite chair. now what? she makes me a cup of coffee and asks what i want for supper!
so, yes Rob, i have found one.
they're out their if you look.
Jon Doran
08/01/2001 at 10:10
She sounds suspiciously cooperative Tony, what's she up to while you're out on the hills...???

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tony mcgarley
09/01/2001 at 02:55
was that the sound of a bubble bursting?
cheers, Jon. and i was so content until you alerted me to the obvious.

for sale: brasher boots & marin mt. vision
Jon Doran
09/01/2001 at 09:39
Sorry mate, it's true - she'll be out walking and biking with her mates with none of that macho male stuff to spoil her fun... That is what I meant, honest.

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Sally Hotchkin 1
09/01/2001 at 11:05
Didn't you mean to stick that 'for sale' notice in the classifieds section Tony?
tony mcgarley
09/01/2001 at 18:40
only if i really wanted to sell them, Sally!
the Kat Food Kid gave me cause for concern with a previous posting, ushering me into the realms of paranoid jealousy. but i've conquered that weakness.

i'd be really worried if, say, my girlfriend lived 130 miles away in Peterborough, where the midweek nightlife is rampantly male dominated.
but that's another topic...
Jon Doran
09/01/2001 at 21:10
Tony, what exactly are you saying about the nightlife in Peterboghorror being 'male dominated' - er, is that some sort of euphemism... I think I can feel a new thread coming on.

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Sally Hotchkin 1
10/01/2001 at 10:08
Boyz boyz boyzzzzzzz, haven't you got it yet? Girls want you out of the house so they have a full choice of your oversized jumpers to hang around the house in without you lot saying, "Why is it that you seem to buy a jumper every time we go out, yet you always end up wearing mine?"
Jon Doran
10/01/2001 at 10:13
So what you're really saying - reading between the lines - is that it's guys with a huge stock of over-sized jumpers who pull the girls?

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Sally Hotchkin 1
10/01/2001 at 10:41
Exactly...and here's how it fits in:

Basically, it is a big risk to your masculinity to embark on a spell of knitting. It could either be a winner with the ladies or you could crash and burn badly. It's a tricky subject to broach with a prospective partner. However, guys who just take the risk and say, "Look, I knit and I'm proud!" take on new levels of 'new man' masculinity and have the added benefit of having tons and tons of fab jumpers to slob about in.

I thought this would have been obvious from the original article?
rob priestley
10/01/2001 at 20:39
sally
what about blokes who are so bad at washing that all their jumpers get far too big as they stretch.

i might knit a jumper tomorrow and go out clubbing in it at the weekend.

rob p

pat Neary
10/02/2001 at 22:17
yeah maybe but the problem with blokes doing or customising the baggy jumper ( thanx mammy ) is that they end up being very dodgy colour wize or get out of day really fast ( ye sus blokes are fickle ) so all that effort and this time six months away it's unravellling all the wool for a rehash, still something to do in between weather forcasts
Jon Doran
12/02/2001 at 09:58
I'm not sure that anyone who wears an orange swimming cap is in any position to comment on the vagaries of blokes wearing jumpers, Sally. Unless, of course, that orange thing is actually knitted.

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