June 27, 2010

Boys and girls according to Google

Google's fill-it-in-for-you feature when you begin typing your search shows what the most likely choices are, i.e. the ones that other people tend to enter when they start a search like yours. Let's use this to see what the most popular perceptions are of male and female nature.

"Why are boys" -- so stupid, so dumb, so mean, mean to girls they like, so confusing, so complicated, so hard to read, so immature, so weird.
"Why do boys" -- like girls, like breasts, like virgins, like to tickle girls, like to eat girls out, get morning wood, get hard, tease girls, cheat, cheat on their girlfriends.

"Why are guys" -- attracted to breasts, hard in the morning, so stupid, such jerks, such douchebags, mean to girls they like, so confusing, so complicated, players, afraid of commitment.
"Why do guys" -- (pretty much the same as with "boys," but also) get boners, like asian girls, like skinny girls, like long hair.

"Why are men" -- (so) attracted to breasts, attracted to women, stronger than women, taller than women, (so) stupid, so selfish, so mean, players, afraid of commitment.
"Why do men" -- (nothing that hasn't already been covered).

Nothing too surprising here, but notice how, contra the stereotype of easy-to-read males and super-perceptive females, these female googlers are puzzled by male behavior -- at least by the behavior of the small fraction of males who they're actually interested in. Such guys have plenty of options, so of course they're going to be cautious of who they commit to, are going to play games, and will be hard to read. In contrast, guys with no options have only one thing in mind, are desperate to play no games at all, and are as easy as a book to read.

Also notice how surprised girls are that boys would "like to eat girls out." i mean... so you don't, like... think it's yucky? ... whew!

"Why are girls" -- so hot, so stupid, so complicated, so confusing, so emotional, always cold, so mean, so mean to each other.
"Why do girls" -- wear bras, wear thongs, get tramp stamps, cut themselves, have periods, smell like fish, play hard to get, like bad boys, like jerks, like tall guys.

"Why are women" -- so stupid, crazy, so emotional, always cold, so complicated, so difficult, attracted to bad boys, called cougars.
"Why do women" -- get wet, nag, cheat (on their husbands), stay in abusive relationships, have abortions (among other things already covered).

Again nothing too surprising, although notice the paradox that females are seen to be so cold and also so emotional -- namely around dorks they wish would leave and around everyone else, respectively. Also, girls are not just "mean" or "so mean" to the opposite sex, as guys are, but girls are also "so mean to each other." Even if they've seen Mean Girls, most guys have no appreciation for how destructively catty the average girl is, although girls will readily admit it if you ask them about it and say they wish it were otherwise.

5 comments:

  1. ""Why do guys" -- ......, like asian girls, like skinny girls, like long hair."


    That is pretty funny. Some females must genuinely think that male tastes are socially constructed and not innate.

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  2. although notice the paradox that females are seen to be so cold and also so emotional

    I think you're misinterpreting the cold thing. The first link searching for why are girls always cold is Why Do Women Often Feel Colder Than Men? New research is suggesting that we all feel the cold differently there is one link on the first page about emotions. Mostly it seems like "why do women always want to crank up the heat." The first link on "why are girls always colder than guys" talks about thermoregulation.

    After all, typing "why are "fat people" prompts google to suggest "why are fat people always hot." That doesn't mean fat people are sexy.

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  3. i think fat people r hot cause of the extra body tissue but not all fat people r hot and or swet but about 85% of the world of fat people do swet so technoly not all feel hot wen u r small and or larger ur body attendeds to automaticaly to resond to ur body heat all depending on the person and or the weather so commandly the more tissue the more hotter but not in all cases

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  4. i think fat people r hot cause of the extra body tissue but not all fat people r hot and or swet but about 85% of the world of fat people do swet so technoly not all feel hot wen u r small and or larger ur body attendeds to automaticaly to resond to ur body heat all depending on the person and or the weather so commandly the more tissue the more hotter but not in all cases

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