Tim Øsleby wrote: >>But to say women are not visual oriented is just phooey. > > I'm not sure about this. > > There are a lot of studies of human sexuality indicating the opposite. Most > sexologists suggest that men are turned on by visual stimuli, while women > are turned on by other (often higher ranked) stimuli. > There are also many tests indicating that men are better at spatial tasks. > Both could be wrong. But if it's correct, it could indicate that men are > more visual. > > I'd like you to be correct in this ;-) But I'm not as sure as you seem to > be. > > Another thing. How do you define being visual? Is being visual, being good > with colours, spatial abilities or what is it? I'd say that it is a bit of > both.
Being good with colours and having high spatial awareness would be prime attributes of a good hunter. > > Is visual abilities a given (genetic) talent or is it an ability that can be > trained? I think it is, and that strengthens your arguments. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24. oktober 2006 18:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Your first camera > > In a message dated 10/24/2006 12:15:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Women have too much practal sence (or sence of responsibility), to spend > hours every week, reading and writing to people you don't really know (I > onlly met Jostien in person, until now) - in stead of doing something useful > around the house :-) > ======= > That's really it. A lot of women are busy with husbands, children, and other > > family members, too busy to waste time spending hours on a list. Take ERN > who > left to spend more time with her family. You will find this prevalent > throughout the Net, not just on this list. Women are more busy with > relationships on > the whole. Less argumentative on the whole (these are all vast > generalizations), and don't spend a lot of time debating issues in various > forums. > > There are exceptions, but that's the general rule. Also men DO tend to be > gear heads while women don't. I am pretty uninterested in most of the > technical > camera threads on list. I read some, not all, depending if I feel it will > concern me at some point. I am much more interested in photos and OT threads > than > lots of the other threads. I am also interested in computer stuff, PS and > printers profiles, etc., because I am a computer buff. > > But to say women are not visual oriented is just phooey. That seems to be > fairly equally divided between the genders, it just depends on what fields > they > have been allowed, over the centuries, to express themselves in. And there > have > been a fair number of famous women photographers anyway. Also, look at > Hollywood, more and more, given the chance, women are becoming directors, > producers, > etc. But they have to have the chance first. > > Marnie aka Doe > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
