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comment by chrisknyfe

Reminds me of the Anita Sarkeesian harassment incidents. It seems like these days the easiest way to piss off a bunch of guys on the internet is to tell them that somewhere a woman disapproves of them.

EDIT: upon further reflection, I realized that the message these guys must be hearing is "you aren't allowed to court women", the implication of this being that they'll never get laid, find a girlfriend, marry, or otherwise get to enjoy the company of women. Given that message, I understand the angry responses, but that's not the message she's saying.

Or maybe these guys are just sick of "american women." I hear that a lot from various guys, that "they're extremely picky and that it's hard to make traction with them." I don't know how true that is, I need more data to figure this thing out.





thenewgreen  ·  4405 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have not been a single man in a long time, so I'm not terribly familiar with the current "dating culture", but my guess is that not much has changed. If the women that you interact with tend to be shallow or "picky", then perhaps you are fishing in the wrong ponds. My wife is beautiful, intelligent and really funny. By all accounts I out punted my coverage -a term I recently learned when a guy friend told me I had. I couldn't have met someone like her at a bar or even at a skeptics meeting, she just isn't the type to go to one (skeptical as she may be). So, if these guys aren't having luck with what they're doing, change your behaviors. Simple. But theres no justification for any "rape culture" or for treating women poorly because they hold a difference of opinion. That's ridiculous.

Rebecca Watson, if you're out there, stop by Hubski sometime... we play nice.