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Changing The Creepy Guy Narrative

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Re: Changing The Creepy Guy Narrative

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post #21

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The problem with the "creepy guy" narrative is that the really bad men out there aren't the ones who bear the brunt of the nastiness. The guy he described wasn't a traditional "creepy guy", but a macho alpha male. Different breed. The latter carries the sense of entitlement and swagger because, on its own terms, that approach works . Many women respond positively to it (which does not make it right, because plenty of…

> the guys who get the "creepy" treatment are the socially awkward men with average intentions Perhaps we could address this by fixing the "socially awkward" bit -- explicitly spelling out (perhaps through education, or a book, or something) what sorts of things are and are not acceptable. It's difficult enough to get parents to consent to "sex ed" from a biological standpoint as it is, but I would have found it usef…

The reason the antagonist of this story treated the woman "like crap" was because he wanted sex.

Thus, I think the classes you propose would have worked if they dealt with "how to not treat girls like crap" and still get regular sex from hot women.

Re: Changing The Creepy Guy Narrative

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post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, looking at somebody consensually is "eye sex" and non-consensually is "eye rape"? I have to say... I can't take this vocabulary serious. /edit Looking a somebody and having sex with sombody is as far apart for me as a hand shake and a MMA fight: the polar opposite sides in the spectrum of social interaction.

I'd ask why you're defending nonconsensual leering, but it's clear you're anti-feminist trash, so meh, please disappear.

I think you both make valid points. What does that make me? Unqualified trash?
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