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Originally posted by DARCI:
Did I say I was a feminist? Where in the bible does it say that man is the only one that can kill spiders? Likewise, where in the bible does it say that women can't kill spiders?
it's funny you mention that. i, in all honesty, have only met one woman in my entire lifetime that killed her own bugs... and she was a butch lesbian.
all joking aside (i don't think you're a lesbian). how many women here don't go running and screaming when they see a bug? reptiles? amphibians?
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
it's funny you mention that. i, in all honesty, have only met one woman in my entire lifetime that killed her own bugs... and she was a butch lesbian.
all joking aside (i don't think you're a lesbian). how many women here don't go running and screaming when they see a bug? reptiles? amphibians?
erm...my mum...
see a bug, out comes the slipper, flat goes the bug
faster than any ridsect can get rid of them 
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I kill my own bugs!!!! Not afraid of spiders, snakes, or bugs...... and I am not a lesbian.............
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
it's funny you mention that. i, in all honesty, have only met one woman in my entire lifetime that killed her own bugs... and she was a butch lesbian.
all joking aside (i don't think you're a lesbian). how many women here don't go running and screaming when they see a bug? reptiles? amphibians?
MG,
I think it is all in how a person is raised. If a daughter sees her mother being scared of bugs, snakes, etc., then that may give the daughter the tendency to be afraid of bugs too. My grandmother and mother aren't afraid of killing bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. In fact, nearly all the women in my family kill their own bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. Is that normal? As far as I am concerned it is normal because that is what I grew up seeing. 
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Originally posted by DARCI:
MG,
I think it is all in how a person is raised. If a daughter sees her mother being scared of bugs, snakes, etc., then that may give the daughter the tendency to be afraid of bugs too. My grandmother and mother aren't afraid of killing bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. In fact, nearly all the women in my family kill their own bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. Is that normal? As far as I am concerned it is normal because that is what I grew up seeing.
I was raised on a farm, and bugs, snakes and such were part of everyday life... One thing I can not stand is a wasp....
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Two of my friends (males) were very afraid of roaches... Infect, they'll scream like girls whenever they sees roaches... 
Well, I too am kinna afraid of roaches, but not lizards.
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Originally posted by Protector:
Two of my friends (males) were very afraid of roaches... Infect, they'll scream like girls whenever they sees roaches...
Well, I too am kinna afraid of roaches, but not lizards.
I am not scared of roaches,,, just don't like them.... nasty little creatures.. *G*
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Originally posted by DARCI:
MG,
I think it is all in how a person is raised. If a daughter sees her mother being scared of bugs, snakes, etc., then that may give the daughter the tendency to be afraid of bugs too. My grandmother and mother aren't afraid of killing bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. In fact, nearly all the women in my family kill their own bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. Is that normal? As far as I am concerned it is normal because that is what I grew up seeing.
i agree with you. a lot of habits or instincts are learned by example.
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I'm afraid of roaches touching my skin, because I have this impression that they're filthy. Doesn't stop me from stepping on them.
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But the worst part is that they can fly  
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Originally posted by Darklight:
I'm afraid of roaches touching my skin, because I have this impression that they're filthy. Doesn't stop me from stepping on them.
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Originally posted by DARCI:
MG,
I think it is all in how a person is raised. If a daughter sees her mother being scared of bugs, snakes, etc., then that may give the daughter the tendency to be afraid of bugs too. My grandmother and mother aren't afraid of killing bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. In fact, nearly all the women in my family kill their own bugs, snakes, rats, mice, etc. Is that normal? As far as I am concerned it is normal because that is what I grew up seeing.
The same logic can be applied to many aspects of life.. If you are used to seeing violence, then you are not effected by watching it, or in some cases, doing it yourself.......
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Originally posted by Darklight:
I'm afraid of roaches touching my skin, because I have this impression that they're filthy. Doesn't stop me from stepping on them.
Roaches are nasty and I don't like it when they crawl on my skin either.
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Originally posted by Darklight:
I'm afraid of roaches touching my skin, because I have this impression that they're filthy. Doesn't stop me from stepping on them.
roaches are very dirty insects actually, they cover themselves in their own saliva and excretions. many people are allergic or can become allergic due to exposure to cockroach scales, cockroaches can also spread certain diseases.
I hope I've helped you with your phobia
so do you get the brown ones or the black ones in singapore? the brown ones are the really nasty buggers, they can fly
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The best part is when you smack the bug....the juice flies and it's stink
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Yep, we have the brown ones ...the black ones are extinct here I guess...they just don't stand a chance.. 
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Originally posted by Pieter:
roaches are very dirty insects actually, they cover themselves in their own saliva and excretions. many people are allergic or can become allergic due to exposure to cockroach scales, cockroaches can also spread certain diseases.
I hope I've helped you with your phobia
so do you get the brown ones or the black ones in singapore? the brown ones are the really nasty buggers, they can fly
This message was edited by Protector on 09 Nov 2001 12:31 PM
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Originally posted by Protector:
Yep, we have the brown ones ...the black ones are extinct here I guess...they just don't stand the chance..
All I have ever seen in the US are the nasty little brown ones.. Yes, they do fly.. One flew in my sisters hair once.. We were at a friends barn bathing horses, and she had them in her barn.. My oldest sister said something was in her hair.. and she had a big roach in it.... We have not let her live that one down..
This message was edited by thecat on 09 Nov 2001 12:26 PM
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Ah.. Roaches, a waste product of human kind's large expansion and pollution.
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quote:
Originally posted by Pieter:
roaches are very dirty insects actually, they cover themselves in their own saliva and excretions. many people are allergic or can become allergic due to exposure to cockroach scales, cockroaches can also spread certain diseases.
I hope I've helped you with your phobia
so do you get the brown ones or the black ones in singapore? the brown ones are the really nasty buggers, they can fly
most of the flying ones are actually palmetto bugs. plenty of those in florida. 
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
most of the flying ones are actually palmetto bugs. plenty of those in florida.
yeah I remember when I was in miami in august I took a shower with a 2 inch palmetto cockroach.
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Originally posted by DARCI:
Roaches are nasty and I don't like it when they crawl on my skin either.
yeah... hate em hate em hate em!!!
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