Comments for wildflowermama http://wildflowermama.com living in a state of constant total amazement. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on why i like men. by Former Male Friend http://wildflowermama.com/2008/04/30/why-i-like-men/#comment-20 Former Male Friend Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:35:51 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-20 Nothing like searching the names of old friends to see where they are at these days and come accross this blog. I would like to think I was one of those former high school male friends. Happy to see you are doing well these days. Peace!! KV Nothing like searching the names of old friends to see where they are at these days and come accross this blog. I would like to think I was one of those former high school male friends. Happy to see you are doing well these days. Peace!!

KV

]]> Comment on why i like men. by damnatory http://wildflowermama.com/2008/04/30/why-i-like-men/#comment-18 damnatory Wed, 28 May 2008 14:45:35 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-18 damnatory says : I absolutely agree with this ! damnatory says : I absolutely agree with this !

]]> Comment on why i like men. by Andy Baio http://wildflowermama.com/2008/04/30/why-i-like-men/#comment-12 Andy Baio Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:45:28 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-12 But you're right. While women aren't going out of their way to make your life worse, men <b>will</b> go out of their way to make your life better. So you definitely have the right strategy. If a women won't help, hang up and call again until you get a man on the line. But you’re right. While women aren’t going out of their way to make your life worse, men will go out of their way to make your life better. So you definitely have the right strategy. If a women won’t help, hang up and call again until you get a man on the line.

]]> Comment on why i like men. by Andy Baio http://wildflowermama.com/2008/04/30/why-i-like-men/#comment-11 Andy Baio Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:42:21 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-11 Here's a <a href="http://www.radford.edu/~jaspelme/201/Helping_Beh_articles/Eagly%20-%20gender%20and%20helping%20behavior.pdf" rel="nofollow">good review</a> of the academic studies on the subject. The most relevant quote: "The means for the male subjects' and the female subjects' sex-of-victim/requester effect sizes showed that the men were significantly more likely to help women than other men, whereas the women were about as likely to help women or men... The means for the sex-of-subject effect sizes elicited by the male and female victims or requesters showed that the men were equally likely to receive help from women and men, whereas the women were more likely to receive help from men." So, it doesn't sound like anyone's yet proven a reverse correlation between female helpers and female victims. Here’s a good review of the academic studies on the subject. The most relevant quote:

“The means for the male subjects’ and the female subjects’ sex-of-victim/requester effect sizes showed that the men were significantly more likely to help women than other men, whereas the women were about as likely to help women or men… The means for the sex-of-subject effect sizes elicited by the male and female victims or requesters showed that the men were equally likely to receive help from women and men, whereas the women were more likely to receive help from men.”

So, it doesn’t sound like anyone’s yet proven a reverse correlation between female helpers and female victims.

]]> Comment on why i like men. by Andy Baio http://wildflowermama.com/2008/04/30/why-i-like-men/#comment-10 Andy Baio Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:31:33 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-10 Funny, Ami has mentioned the same problem in the past. But I've never noticed it myself... I usually get treated the same by women or men. I wouldn't be surprised if this effect could be proven... I suspect that the male customer support people are trying to help the female in distress, while the female support people have no such instinctual need. (Also, unrelated, it's "voila," not "walla." That made me giggle.) Funny, Ami has mentioned the same problem in the past. But I’ve never noticed it myself… I usually get treated the same by women or men. I wouldn’t be surprised if this effect could be proven… I suspect that the male customer support people are trying to help the female in distress, while the female support people have no such instinctual need.

(Also, unrelated, it’s “voila,” not “walla.” That made me giggle.)

]]> Comment on once in a while in the big blue moon. by toni http://wildflowermama.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-6 toni Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:25:46 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-6 Happy anniversary you two lovebirds. Happy anniversary you two lovebirds.

]]> Comment on once in a while in the big blue moon. by me http://wildflowermama.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-5 me Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:42:47 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-5 I Love You So Much! (You almost made me cry at work) I Love You So Much!
(You almost made me cry at work)

]]> Comment on once in a while in the big blue moon. by ami http://wildflowermama.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-4 ami Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:11:38 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/once-in-awhile-in-the-big-blue-moon/#comment-4 i get so choked up reading this! Happy Anniversary to the couple whose love changed my life! i get so choked up reading this! Happy Anniversary to the couple whose love changed my life!

]]> Comment on a little knowledge keeps me up at night by Lillian Clarke http://wildflowermama.com/2007/06/27/a-little-knowledge-keeps-me-up-at-night/#comment-3 Lillian Clarke Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:38:54 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/a-little-knowledge-keeps-me-up-at-night/#comment-3 it is time to start checking the label and doing everything possible to avoid buying products from China. We cannot allow our wildlife to be slaughtered like this to meet the desires of this country. We have to fight to save our elephants, tigers, primates, and all the wildlife being killed for ivory and bushmeat. What they are doing is beyond immoral. The list of barbaric cruelty against animals by China is too long to put here but between ivory and skinning cats and dogs alive, it has to stop. it is time to start checking the label and doing everything possible to avoid buying products from China.
We cannot allow our wildlife to be slaughtered like this to meet the desires of this country. We have to fight to save our elephants, tigers, primates, and all the wildlife being killed for ivory and bushmeat. What they are doing is beyond immoral. The list of barbaric cruelty against animals by China is too long to put here but between ivory and skinning cats and dogs alive, it has to stop.

]]> Comment on a little knowledge keeps me up at night by toni http://wildflowermama.com/2007/06/27/a-little-knowledge-keeps-me-up-at-night/#comment-2 toni Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:57:51 +0000 http://wildflowermama.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/a-little-knowledge-keeps-me-up-at-night/#comment-2 Here's another one in today's news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070627/us_nm/tires_recall_dc Here’s another one in today’s news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070627/us_nm/tires_recall_dc

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