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BainsBane

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5. That's an MRA meme

Reply to libodem (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 02:09 AM

Sep 2013

Are Brad Pitt and Clive Owen assholes for not asking me out? Of course not. The whole notion of holding the fact a woman isn't interested in a guy against her is ugly and just plain pathetic.

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"The friendzone" [View all] libodem Aug 2013 OP

And then there's the related canard, that women don't want to date nice guys. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #1

The "Women don't want to date nice guys" tripe is such bullshit. YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #2

+1 n/t Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #3

"Women don't date nice guys" = The men you are interested in do not conform to social standards. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #4

I have noticed that some take the fact they have difficulty attracting the women they want BainsBane Sep 2013 #8

That's an MRA meme BainsBane Sep 2013 #5

Still the same ol' same ol' libodem Sep 2013 #6

Many women I know, who are even a bit chubby, say men look right through them like they don't exist. redqueen Sep 2013 #7

I heard an interview on NPR libodem Sep 2013 #9

That really is excellent libodem Sep 2013 #10

Yep. Actual empathy, it rocks. redqueen Sep 2013 #12

So true libodem Sep 2013 #16

Do you know what? BainsBane Sep 2013 #11

The opposite happened to me once. I got labelled a slut for saying no... Violet_Crumble Sep 2013 #13

Can't win sometimes. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #14

A lesbian BainsBane Sep 2013 #22

The other thing I hate about the "friendzone" tripe is that it says women have no value as friends Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #15

+1 MadrasT Sep 2013 #17

That too. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Sep 2013 #18

Yes, it really is a betrayal. redqueen Sep 2013 #19

Yuck. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #21