Have you noticed duality to be more common between some types?

[Bethanyclaire]

I suppose si can also be associated with self-protection as well so yes, these types may actually find it hard to let their guard down when it comes to dating. Actually, thinking about the LSEs and SEIs I know..I actually find the men to be more outwardly ‘nurturing’ than the women..but also more flirtatious/charming. The women actually seem more defiant or argumentative in the way they come across.

I personally have to remind myself that gender inequality (and other inequalities) still exist (of course!) since getting into psychology. I don’t want to put up with behaviour I find belittling because I can explain it away by typology (enneagram perhaps more than socionics, I still feel new to socionics). Yes, we are a product of our environment and need to engage with each other to perhaps unlearn some of the problematic attitudes we have towards ourselves and others. But it’s worth keeping in mind that women in society are still fed a lot of ideas when they’re young that promote gender inequality..and we grow up and kind of want to reject that (or find it difficult to). So it can be really confusing about who to trust for us and we can get a bit tired of figuring out who is trustworthy.

Also, I think people are sometimes attracted to people they think they can ‘fix’ or who can fix them..but it can turn out that this just puts too much pressure on each other and doesn’t necessarily help.