bluegargantua: (It's Good to be the King)
bluegargantua ([personal profile] bluegargantua) wrote2007-05-30 08:30 am

Sex and Science

Hey,

So what kinds of people get the most sex?

Strangely, both assholes and nice guys get lots of sex.

So, asshole or nice guy, which one are you?
Tom

Semantics

[identity profile] zombie-dog.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Linked here by [livejournal.com profile] goldenoak. Hi!

Your use of those terms raises an interesting distinction in my mind, actually, and I think it's a good one for discussion. Not because I think you're 'wrong' or anything but because I think it's a good roundtable topic.

Classically, I've heard the phrase 'nice guy' used to refer not to socially dominant friendly types, but to shy or submissive friendly types. When the stereotype that "girls always choose nice guys over assholes" comes up, it's generally referring to two polar opposites: warm, friendly submissives versus antagonistic dominants.

So... what does that make the socially dominant warm/friendly type? My first instinct was to say 'fun guy', which I think might work; it's about as shallow as the 'nice guy' appellation, and makes a distinction between soft kindness and boisterous warmth.

(what, then, is the submissive antagonist? 'iconoclast', maybe?)

Kinda makes me want to draw up a grid. Or an OKCupid Quiz.

[identity profile] woodwardiocom.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
So, asshole or nice guy, which one are you?

I'll let history be the judge.
bluepapercup: (cute)

[personal profile] bluepapercup 2007-05-30 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I like nice guys' assholes quite a lot, thanks!

[identity profile] mpgalvin.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
it's good to know one can occupy the venn in the intersection of Naughty and Nice.

cross-hatched for her something something.