h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Are you aroused by the James Bond persona, or do you find the chemistry in naughty boys? Basically do you get carried away in a whirl of charisma, or do you like the ruff and ready sort, this should be interesting...

I like nice guys. Always have and always will.

Fun, funny, the odd quirk in the sense of humour, but the long and the short is that I don't like b*****ds.

Ben

I heard an intruiging argument that says that women do generally prefer bad boys. It's called the "Star Wars" argument....

Choose: Luke Skywalker or Han Solo?

See!

Otto

Han Solo isn't a bad boy! The big sluggy monster is a bad boy.

Actually I got the shock of my life recently, having seen Star Wars when it first came out, and then not again till a couple of weeks ago.

Han Solo was this big old grown-up guy and too old to fancy when I first saw it.

This time around he was this cute and slightly stroppy young wannabe bit-of-rough.

Oh tempora, or mores.

a mature and sophisticated woman called Ben
Yeah
Right

But yes, you are right. Edgar or Edmund in Lear is the same argument, I guess.

*sigh*

Ben

I think most people like anything forbidden or taboo, sometimes just for the fact that they are. But once you have it it's not novel anymore.

I think I like the idea of "bad boys" a'la James Dean or Han Solo. But I really think I just like the overt masculinity they come across with. I think it's partially my rebellion against the feminizing of men in general and partially the fascination with guys you're not supposed to like.

I actually find that I end up with really nice guys, which has worked out so far. I have noticed that women don't treat "nice guys" as well as they do the rebels. Hmm.

Y.S.

I prefer nice guys... but then I'm .

My roommate has a bad boy complex, though... the scruffier and more mean the more she likes them.

There's a difference between 'bad boys' and men who can be rough. Richard Sharpe, as played by Sean Bean, would happily beat the living daylights out of a man, but was always a gentlemen to the ladies - often more than the 'real' gentlemen were. James Bond would only hurt a woman if she was one of the opposition and couldn't be got to in any other way. I do not class either of these as 'bad boys', and would happily go off with either. (Although I would prefer Bond not to be played by George Lazenby or Roger Moor. Any of the others would do nicely!)

On the other hand, there are men out there who like to treat women roughly, and there are women who enjoy that kind of treatment. I'm not one of them.

I was thinking about this thread last night. I dearly like a deedy man, and need a strong one. What a shame that strength and action are associated with being bad. The guys I like are strong, fun, and more or less honest.

B

In theory and in fiction, I like the idea of a man with a nip of otherness. IRL, I'm quite happy with a certain person who has written all through him...


...except in bed of course!

And on e thing that really doesn"t attract me is the kind of car that some men think is likely to attract girls. Usually. they just make me think "G*t"

I remember one edition of Top Gear on BBC2 a few years ago where they took a number of cars and asked 'Could a man pull in one of these'. The cars I can remember were an Austin Healey (classic sports car, but nothing like a Ferrari or Porsche), SEAT Ibiza Coupe (sporty version of a SEAT hatchback) and a Ford Ka. None of the women they asked were particularly enamoured of any of the cars. My reactions were: 'No' to the SEAT (It's so forgettable I can't even remember what it looked like - and I used to work with a man who owned one!); 'Yes' to the Austin Healey (It's the kind of classic car that I like); 'Yes' to the Ford Ka, 'cos Richard owns one. (He pulled me, didn't he!)

I don't think they had any of the cars that are usually reckoned to attract women, like Ferraris, Porsches, any convertible. If they did, they would all have got a big loud 'No' from me. With very few exceptions, I think they're all hideous.

James Dean. A real ladies' man, bless him

Oooh, but I bet you'd melt for a... Ford Capri, CD!

Er, no. Ford Capris are OK, but I wouldn't necessarily go for a man that drove one. Besides, I'd want to get to know the man first. My gut reaction to the men that drive sporty cars is 'Flash t*sser', but I'd be willing to be proved wrong if he was able to engage me in intelligent conversation.

Cars are often an extension of a person's personality, especially if they aren't the run-of-the-mill kind. I own a hatchback, but it's a bright metallic blue and really stands out - which I never do. I also own a Morris Minor 2-door saloon, which I'm planning to have customised and have dragons on it. Both cars are extensions of aspects of my personality - how I would like to be seen. The men who own flashy cars would like to be seen as a certain kind of man. It happens that they're not the kind of men I'd be interested in. I preferred Bond's old Aston Martin to his BMW. One's a classic, the others a Beemer. I love classics and wouldn't have a Beemer if you paid me. Well, maybe if you paid me enough - but only if I didn't have to use it!

Surely the blokes who drive Ferraris and Porches etc. are more likely to pull women of the 'gold digger' variety.

In which case, tosser pulls money grabber. Good luck and good riddance to them.

Im used to work with a bloke who drove a Merc around (payed for by his father) - he actually couldn't afford it really but it was a pure pose for the image he wanted to project, what he didn't realise was that image was 't**t' as far as everyone else was concerned.

I presume the James Bond being described is the movie version, not Flemings thoroughly mysoginistic sadistic thug bully-boy who'd happily slap *any* woman around for no reason other than she looked at him cross-eyed.

And I'm always curious to see that Sean Connery is still acceptable despite his famous 'it's perfectly acceptable to give a woman a slap if she won't shut up' comment from a couple of years back.

YES!!

Sadly, I'm attracted to b*****ds, which is why for my own health and sanity I have steared well clear of men for the past 2 years.

They have a term for this condition:
Bonnie and clyde syndrome.
remember the movie by the same name starring warren beatty?
peace
lapog

On the subject of cars: I think a lot depends on what kind of cars the women actually like. I love fast cars. But I don't necessarily like to be driven in fast cars. After all, I can drive them reasonably well myself, thank you.

There is little that is more fun than being one of two gals (a blonde and a brunette) dolling around in a convertable.

a tease called Ben