Ego.
Plain and simple.
Women refuse to accept the fact that they're not different from every other woman. Every chick believes she's an individualized snowflake that can make some man do something he'd never do or treat her different than he's treated every other woman.
Ego.
Every single woman I know believes that she's more special, or at least special enough, to not become the woman she's heard so many stories about. Sure, Johnny X has pumped and dumped every woman he's ever known biblically, but something about Betty is just special enough to make him see the error of his ways.
Plus, since women hear so often about how all women are alike in this way or that way, many attempt to become this one in a million specimen that is just special enough or just interesting enough or just different enough to be the exception to all of the rules that have been established since Julius Ceaser was ruffling feathers.
In fact, in the annals of "best game out there" is this: if you tell a woman she's just like everybody else, there's at least a 64 percent chance that she'll get offended and attempt to show you that she's not.
Ego.
Women always think they're the exception becuase their egos won't allow them to accept that they're really not.
Aside: This isn't to say that most women aren't great women in their own rights. It's just answering this question and acknowledging that who women think they are and who they actually are a lot of times don't align. I'm aware men have this same problem. Thank you and good night.
I agree with this logic... But then I think everyone wants to be someone's "snowflake"...its only human .
Darn right men are too. Each likes to think "Hey, even if she says she doesn't want to have sex I'll be the one to get her in the sack." We just want you to appreciate us a little more as an individual.
Disagree, disagree, disagree! A woman can be just like most other woman or totally different....she can be totally blah or wonderful..and a jerk will still treat her badly/abandon her if he's a jerk. His behavior is dependent on *him*. Being used or abused is something that can happen to anyone if he or she allows it.
Well then whats the point of being confident if you're really just like everyone else? What is there to confident about when there isnt anything special about you?
It's not a matter of ego, or at least, not in the sense that you're using the term. Rather, it's a matter of personal identity- the "true self" that is the ego. Everyone identifies what they are by identifying what they are NOT. This is true on a cultural level as well as an individual. Every person is the hero if their own story, but you only know that you're the good guy because you know that YOU could NEVER be the bad guy. Every person has a unique journey to undertake, and yours is different to everyone else's. Recognizing that is what forms your sense of identity. It's what makes you a person.
Or, you could just see all people who have similar genitalia as the same person, like saying "all women are the same". Whatever.
Aw :) I really like what you said, "Everyone is the hero to their own story". Thats a great thought, so true.
The question shouldn't be "why does every girl think she's the exception?". It should be "why does every girl think she's so special?". Nomi, all girls ARE the same. Sorry. Every woman's value peaks in her 20's and its all downhill from there. It doesn't matter if you're Jessica Simpson or my cleaning lady. Every day that passes you by is one less dinner that some desperate dude is going to buy you.
"Women refuse to accept the fact that they're not different from every other woman" Why should we accept that? Panama, I beg to differ with you. I understand the whole concept of ego and agree with you on most parts, but ALL women are NOT the same. Granted, we each might act sometimes as if we are the exception to the rule, so do men but that doesn't mean we are all the same. Each one of us may have something that the other girl doesn't and that's how/why people find their soulmate in one person rather than the other. This is true for both women and men. I don't see a link between "why we think we are the exception" to "we are all the same". A guy may want no commitment with one girl, but wants to marry another girl. Why is that so if we are all the same?
Again, i mostly agree with your answer but each one of us is, to quote you, "an individualized snowflake"