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redqueen

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12. Yep. Actual empathy, it rocks.

Wed Sep 25, 2013, 12:09 AM

Sep 2013

He didn't just get it, he felt it. He looked at himself as a woman and realized he didn't measure up to his own standards. The wheels started spinning and the gears actually connected, and he really got it. Most are careful to ensure those gears don't move. It's far easier seeing women as decorative things and not actual people. Seeing women as people takes all the 'fun' out of objectifying us... and let's be real - men waste an awful lot of time (and money) on that kind of 'fun'.

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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