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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by sokoloff on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:33AM (#44863036)
Have you found a generally equal level of interest in hunting, fishing, sports, and cars across the genders?

That’s not been my experience and, as a basic social skill, I seek to adapt my conversational topics to the audience’s interest.

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by ryandv on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:41AM (#44863108)
> Have you found a generally equal level of interest

Of course. Anyone who rejects gender equality is a sexist bigot and likely a transphobe.

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by sokoloff on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:45AM (#44863137)
Gender equality does not imply nor require gender indistinguishability.

Rejecting the latter does not imply rejecting the former, but of course you know that and are just being a gender-neutral cylindrical appendage.

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by riehwvfbk on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:19AM (#44863361)
> Gender equality does not imply nor require gender indistinguishability

Careful, in a few years talking like this will get you canceled.

> being a gender-neutral cylindrical appendage

Now that's better! This is what we must all strive to be.

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by spacechild1 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:37AM (#44873441)
I was rather mocking the parent poster for suggesting such overly cliché topics. In reality, men and women share many common interests (music, movies, food, travel, etc.) which I also think are more universal than cars and fishing.