Actually, I generally prefer discussions about politics and religion...the two topics one is supposed to avoid.
Some of the discussions bore me since there is no really correct answer to the issue at hand, while others are quite stimulating.
Now, as a general rule, I think men and women are different in this respect. I think men, again, as a rule, like and thrive on the debate, while women, as a rule, avoid that type of conflict. Now, I've use the phrase "as a rule" on purpose. There are exceptions to the rule, and I am sure there are ladies that can hold their own, and, indeed, enjoy such a debate.
Really, she has a point -- for many people, political discussions too easily become heated, feelings get hurt, and in my experience little is ever resolved by them. I'm not going to risk what was a pleasant evening turning into a fiasco because I expressed my true feelings about, say, the death penalty.
