Based on your experiences (with friends, boyfriends, male relatives, any male person you see in a relationship, etc), what percentage of men would you say are the jealous type?
What percentage of men are "the jealous type?"
I would say a large portion of people in general are jealous. Some get overly jealous, but I'd say a lot of people are jealous but are either in denial, or know how not to show it. Jealousy has such a negative connotation that a lot of people refuse to admit that they are jealous even if the jealousy that they have isn't negative at all. Then again, I'm looking at this very broadly. I'm sure by "jealous type" you're referring too a girl and her relations with other males, and I'm looking at this as just being jealous about anything in general. The bad part comes when the person lets their jealousy control them. If my girl is hanging out with some of her girl friends and none of my friends are available, I'd be a tad bit jealous for two reasons. 1) Her friends are available for her to hang out while mine aren't and 2) Her friends get to spend time with my girl while I'm not spending time with my girl. The problem comes when the guy is upset with the girl because of this rather than understanding that space is needed and that she should be spending time out with her girl friends. So, I'd be jealous that my girls girl friends get to spend time with her, but I'm not going to let that control my actions and how I go about my life.
I think every healthy relationship needs both parties to be jealous of the other every once in a blue moon. It shows that you truly care about your significant other, just don't let it affect your life. Don't get mad or upset with your S.O. or use that jealousy to cause an argument. Use that jealousy to show affection for when your S.O. comes back to you. Show that you miss him/her, and that your glad that you have them back in your arms with you instead of them being with their friends. So, let them be free and be jealous when they are free, and then when they come back embrace them. I'd say a high 90% of men and women are jealous whether they realize it or not.
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The results are going to be based on what each woman considers to be "the jealous type" because you didn't define it yourself
Is it jealous to not want you to have male friends? Is it jealous to not want you to sleep with other men (if you're into that)? Is it jealous to not want your girlfriend to go over to her ex's house late at night alone?
Again, until you give people some idea of what you mean by that, you aren't going to get any kind of accurate results of what women actually think the ratio is
I'm not sure how to answer this. I have had two boyfriend and both have been jealous. My current one - although jealous - is much more reasonably jealous than my first. My current boyfriend has a healthy level of jealousy if that makes sense.
My father is not the jealous type I don't believe. My dad's a great man though.
I would guess that it depends on the age bracket. My age bracket is bound to have way more jealous guys in it than my dad's. I guess I'll vote for my age bracket and say C.
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If I was asked this question last year I'd have said 100% ,but well I have been with my boyfriend for a year and he's not by any means the jealous type
so I'd say the majority of guys are the jealous type
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I think any can be jealous. Of course there is that jealousy that becomes possessiveness but both genders can be equal if not more jealous. It all really depends on the person.
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I pretty much agree with the anon below me. I'd like to vote E, so I probably will. I think "jealous" is fine and probably natural. Everyone is jealous to some degree about something, unless they train themselves/get conditioned not to be. It is when we become envious that there's a problem.
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Most guys get a little jealous (at least in the first stages of attracting the girl) if they think they have competition or the woman if losing interest. Some guys are just better at hiding it.
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Well if I were to throw a random guess out there, I'd go with half of men
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They mostly are. But not because they love/ like you. They don't want the compeition
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Yeah some men are jealous, but also some women are too.
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Every guy you have attracted have been jealous crazies. That's me though. I know guys who dated my friends who aren't jealous
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I think most are but doesn't that mean they care about you?
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i've only been with one guy who wasn't jealous.
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What a sexist question.
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I am not sure maybe 50 percent.
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I would say about 60%
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I think almost all men.
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About one in 4
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at least 80 percent
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