Most times, it
is projection. I just let it go. It's their insecurity. Not my problem.
Being something of a tomboy myself [having been mistaken for an INTP &/or male here & in Ventrilo], I don't always see this as projection. I can see very easily how this can be genuine. I moved a lot growing up, and my brother was my best friend. His friends were my friends, and naturally, I feel like I make friends more easily with males, like on some level relate to them better. This isn't universal, as I do have female friends - one of my closest friends is an INTP female. But overall, my other close friends have always happened to be male. Hard to articulate the feeling. And while I make jokes that I'm a 12yr old boy inside, I do realize I'm not ''one of the guys,'' and despite my conditioning and exposure, I am neurologically & anatomically different from males, and I am aware of this..
It's almost like I forget about gender entirely when I just connect with a friend.. it's just not a factor, I guess?
[MENTION=16164]Wolfie[/MENTION] has it right.. it really depends on the person saying it. I give the benefit of the doubt because I figure I can't be the only weirdo chick in the world who happens to relate more readily with males.. I'm no snowflake. I become suspicious if those words ''i have a lot of guy friends'' - ''i'm just one of the guys'' are followed by incessant bitching about their own gender. It's just dumb, and they more than likely don't get along more easily with males than they do females.. they probably have trouble getting along with everyone, on some level, because they project their insecurity onto others, and express needless animosity toward total strangers.
Misogynistic humor cracks me up, though. Especially around militant feminists.
Blame my xstp shadow.. it's an evil little troll.
I'll stop rambling here.