Moongoddess256 said:
If women didn't care what men thought, then we wouldn't shave our legs or armpits like what is mostly expected of us. I'm willing to say I do care what the opposite sex thinks. I wont go as far as to spend half my free time on making my hair look pretty and putting on make-up, but the basic maintanance I will do.
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Actually from what I've seen girls do some of those things to compete with each other as much as they do it for guys. I've even asked girls if they thought this was true and most of them have said yes.
In males, I would compare it to the guys who feel they need to "bulk up" to compete with other guys. I am at the gym all the time, and it is often like there is some kind of simian bonding going on in the free weight section. Obviously everyone likes a partner who is in shape, but the degree to which guys will take it sometimes is beyond what girls want. Most girls I have talked to do not find overly muscular guys attractive.
And let's face it. A guy is almost never going to notice which pair of earrings you are wearing (and if he does, it is to make you feel better, not because he actually cares about the earrings (great trick, I use it sometimes)), that you have a cute anklet, what color you painted your nails today, or anything specific. Guys will notice some specific things (clothes, hair, makeup on face, skin tone, etc.), but the more minute the detail the less likely a guy will notice it. Its just not the kind of stuff we care about.
It would be like a girl complimenting the football team a guy wears on his baseball cap (I hate baseball caps by the way). Its just not going to happen. And if it does, I would almost take it as a warning sign. They might be playing for the other team if you know what I mean.
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