Ya know, funny thing, my father is fantastic! I also have two brothers, wonderful guys as well.

Yes, I've had some bad experiences with men, really one in early childhood, by a male physician and i think it really started there as far as setting a precedent in my mind......

It's pretty intricate and involved for me and I hate to generalize as well, but I don't think I'm up for my drawn out analysis of all the reasons why and why not. I battle this frequently and my t tells me my perceptions of "men" in general are skewed so it was really her that brought to the forefront that I might need to alter these ever so slighty even, to function better "out there"....

otherwise, I'd probably be living my "men are of no signifacance to me" role to the utmost. I'm working on it, I really am. But overall, I don't understand them and that scares me....I feel like they are soooooo different biologically, genetically, etc, etc. I can't trust my perceptions of them according to my t, but I'm so afraid to misjudge them (even thought I might already be..) that I'd rather have the skewed version on my head than make a mistake that could get me hurt.

yea, ok, this is probably pointless for me since I don't want an intimate relationship with one.....

I need to not feel threatened by them all........