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Originally Posted by Bubba136  The difference between the way women view shoes (heels) and the way men usually view them, really accounts for the different level of women's participation in this forum. The level of excitement just isn't there in most women. |
That's a real big generalisation.
My wife has a shoe collection that takes some beating.
[I'm trying.] Most of her shoes have heels, and the
only pair she tried on today while shopping, had 6" heels. Okay, they were LK Bennett
reduced from £200 to £100 <
like these> so weren't going to be a
casual purchase ..... But walking towards the front door tonight she made a remark that went something like: "I like these Sketchers so much,
<she was wearing a pair> perhaps I'll buy every colour in the range .... "
If there's a reason the women members here don't join in with
the men's threads, it's doubtless because we don't engage them in a way they would engage each other. Amanda, Ninanoora and Roz will join in becaue they are comfortable talking amongst men in the
mens world. These would be the exception rather than the norm. [And it's some of what makes them 'special' people, not just
special to us.
]
As for "lack of variety" in their own section, just how much can women talk about shoes? Especially given all the discussion about them on the other sections.
You know if any section lacks variety, it's the General one.
The price of fuel (especially diesel) has been rising weekly since Chrstmas. Today I saw prices that looked very close to £1-30 per litre for diesel, and not much less for petrol. This works out to OVER £6 a gallon "in old money". In the US it's £3-50 a gallon, with subsidies for the poor (I'm told). In India (apparently) fuel is subsidised by the government.
With fuel in America potentially half the retail cost it is in the UK, with fuel below cost price in India <one of the fastest growing markets>, why is there no long running thread in the General Chit Chat Forum about this?
It can't be, because it isn't affecting every single UK resident. Unless you grow your own food, make your own clothes and walk to work, you have to be noticably poorer now than you were before Christmas 2007. But where is the thread that debates this significant change?
I hope I'm not seen as 'going overboard' about this, but I'm stunned anyone would offer suggestions on how to counter 'lack of variety' to women members for their forum?
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