I've found that women are a lot easier to get along with, and part of that is because their aggression is far more subtle. Sometimes I just don't pick up on it, and people probably misread it as confidence.
In other cases it's just the complete change of expectations, compared to socializing with other guys. There are a few guys who don't live and die by sports (American Football where I live), but they aren't very common. The real problem is trying to navigate towards other nerds in a society overrun by hyper-religious football fans.
That said, women tend to be a little curious about me, and that makes it easy to get my foot in the door. After that it's just a matter of how well I can maintain their attention.
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