Really people don't believe me but I know it to be a fact. All genius type have what I call a following of "whatever hags". I get saying that from my friends who are gay and have women followers and what they call it. You can call it groupies or whatever you want. But they very much get these women who follow them around drooling or peeing their pants over THE ICONIC IMAGE and they have not a clue what this guy is like in reality. NONE. They get with the sharp edgy writer or whatever, and guess what? That sharp and edgy writing comes from a guy in pain whose prone to dark moods and sarcasm. A lot of comedians are screwed up too. A lot of the greatness in the world comes out of pain and darkness. In reality, they are not so fun to have around or have great social skills. I was married to a programming legend. Ya he loved me more than life. I had to put up with the fact that he scribbles math equations on napkins for hours while we were eating, that he spends hours and hours and hours at the computer. To the point where I didn't feel at home unless I heard the click of the keyboard, mouse and intervals of cussing after 20 years. You want to be with the brilliants and amazings. You better be prepared. You want the nice guy who talks about feelings for hours, marry yourself somebody in a people industry such as a therapist or social worker. Otherwise, you better have girlfriends to talk to because most guys are not gonna care what you did at Shelley's baby shower. Sorry.

Save me from men who talk about feelings for hours. Because it's always THEIR feelings.

All genius type have what I call a following of "whatever hags". I get saying that from my friends who are gay and have women followers and what they call it. You can call it groupies or whatever you want. But they very much get these women who follow them around drooling or peeing their pants over THE ICONIC IMAGE and they have not a clue what this guy is like in reality.

The only men I've met that talk about their feeling for hours tend to be gay. The heterosexual men only seem to have feelings of anger and jealously and maybe fear.

This isn't my experience. The majority of heterosexual men I've met are just not that interested in feelings, unless they're physical feelings of course. There certainly is that group of haters you mention, but I really believe they're a minority. Then there's the smaller minority of men who actually talk about their feelings. And talk and talk and talk about them. I'm sure some are gay, but I guarantee you not all are. Either way, they usually forget to notice the constant "me" in their thoughts.

I have found that men tend to open up with their thoughts and feelings when they get older. Around retirement age.

Before that, their thoughts were too probably pornographic and inappropriate to be expressing out loud.

Jeannie, I've never had any problems with opening up about my thoughts and feelings, and I'm pretty sure (I should know by now, right?) that I'm heterosexual.

The problem has been finding someone I could open up to. There has only been one who ever really understood what I had to say....

When you address someone in terms of their sexuality, you are not addressing them.

I would say that Hawkins has been consistent in his stupidity.

You are an exception. You are a writer.

How can a person be a good writer if they don't know how to express their thoughts and feelings?

I respect Stephen as a scientist but I think he's dead wrong about this one. Not every woman lives her life in perplexity. It isn't that hard to figure us out, well some of us anyway. Too damn general a topic I say.

Stick to the Big Bang Theory Stephen.

I don't respect him as a scientist.

I don't respect his voice more.

Well, at least I'm not the only one with this problem....

LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.

When New Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen Hawking what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unravelling some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: "Women. They are a complete mystery."

Nope, there is no mystery there. I think biggest problem is the lack of communication or lack of listening. If men would actually listen to what we say rather than tuning us out; we wouldn't be such a mystery. At least that has been my experience. I get tired of repeating myself to a man because he has a death grip on the remote control.