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Originally Posted by thirtiesgirl
I'm sure I'm not the only one on the planet who's heard of internet dating, am I right?
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My Lady & I met on OKCupid. She approached me because she liked my words and my questions. It worked out.
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Do I really need to explain that women are a marginalized group, kramus? Women are the subject of FAR MORE sexual assaults than men. You are in the position of privilege, not being in a marginalized group. When you act on that privilege, by expecting a response from a woman you've randomly approached in public, you're stepping over boundaries that you choose to ignore.
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I object to being marginalized because I am a male. I object to being categorized because I said hello, or even just smiled in a friendly way. I object to being automatically put in the rapist column because men have been rapists. That is nastier and far less discriminating than finding hygiene challenged people a bother to be next to on a hot day. If you want to act like some freaky social misfit snarling and lashing at people because they make the mistake of making eye contact or saying howdy - well all I can offer is that you get yourself to a physical place where you feel most comfortable. The rest of humanity is not obligated to know you want a buffer zone of "Ignore me and Stay Back" around you. It is more intelligent and less problematic if you stay away from other people. Odds are at least 50% of those other people are going to be of the male gender, and it is terribly unfair to them to be subjected to random hate attacks and nasty vibes simply due to the fact that they have a Y chromosome.
btw - if you want to put a quote into a post it is easier for all parties if you tuck the [QUOTE] boxes around it instead of making it a different colour of text. Not everyone uses the same skin - I use classic green - which makes funky type colour choices (such as blue) difficult to read. I had to highlight your quote to read it. Another person may find it easier to just skip said quote and move on.
The Phaedra person makes good points. Perhaps it ought to be part of the socializing package educators could give all kids in school, along with telling them to brush their teeth, wear clean clothes and bathe regularly. A form of common sense social hygiene.
I would find your posts far less personally and generically offensive if they came from the Phaedra camp rather than from the "You are the enemy, you are the problem, you stay the f* away from me you male bastard" place that I sense in your own words.
A thought.