I have lots of responses to what you have said (basically we are on the same page here), hopefully we could catch up in person at some stage. I find men socially straightforward, too - I would find a weekend away with men psychologically more comfortable than with women. I think Mikey was right when he said that it is to do with male and female shadows. The issue that affects me the most in groups of women is: men are allowed to express in an open and direct way competitiveness, desire for power and social dominance. With women it gets pushed into the shadow mind and you get all sorts of oblique power games and, as you said, unexpected social suprises. Femmeconn is no exception. I find femmecon mostly wonderful because I get to catch up with lovely friends and maybe make new friends, but I don't find it an unusually supportive place.
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I find men socially straightforward, too - I would find a weekend away with men psychologically more comfortable than with women. I think Mikey was right when he said that it is to do with male and female shadows.
The issue that affects me the most in groups of women is: men are allowed to express in an open and direct way competitiveness, desire for power and social dominance. With women it gets pushed into the shadow mind and you get all sorts of oblique power games and, as you said, unexpected social suprises. Femmeconn is no exception. I find femmecon mostly wonderful because I get to catch up with lovely friends and maybe make new friends, but I don't find it an unusually supportive place.