Why men never get compliments?

well if we want to generalize over a whole population... lets have at er...

Many women feel an intense pressure to live up to an ideal that is unattainable. We think we need to have a perfect body, home, job, etc. The social expectations on us are huge, and most cannot live up to it. So we struggle with self esteem issues.

In order to feel better about ourselves, we look to others to build us up with kind words, and we often reach out to others to help build them up too. Women complimenting women is common - and very easy to do. Women complimenting men is often perceived as a hit on, either by other women or by the men themselves.

On a site like this, where you have a lot of women complimenting men who don't typically get complimented in real life, there is no real back lash for being complimentary to the opposite sex, but you also end up seeing a lot more emotional relationships developing in people who have outside commitments.

Men often don't compliment men because it's often not perceived as a "manly" thing to do. Men often compliment women because we crave the confirmation that we're good enough, and because it's a great way to open a relationship.

Is that generalized, sweeping, and broad enough to insult a few people?

Because every time I've complimented a guy he's taken it as hitting on him and then they start heavily hitting on me.

Because every time I've complimented a guy he's taken it as hitting on him and then they start heavily hitting on me.

I only hit on you in binary code so it's cool

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Love it when you call me Big Poppa

I think maybe women do not want a compliment they give to a man to be interpreted as a sexual advance. That's most likely why.

When women compliment other women, its usually just something you say to give off the "friendly" signal that you most likely do not mean. Its really weird but true. I'm not sure how else to explain it but its just something we do....So the fact that women get more compliments is pretty meaningless.

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I noticed that women get a lot more compliments than men. Why is this?

I think maybe women do not want a compliment they give to a man to be interpreted as a sexual advance. That's most likely why.

When women compliment other women, its usually just something you say to give off the "friendly" signal that you most likely do not mean. Its really weird but true. I'm not sure how else to explain it but its just something we do....So the fact that women get more compliments is pretty meaningless.

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WHAT?! People give compliments they don't mean?

If I say I think you look nice, it is because I think you look nice.
My compliments are meaningful.

And to help clear up the difference between compliments and sexual advances....
If I say "nice pants", that's a compliment.
If I put my hand in your pants, that's a sexual advance.