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Originally Posted by purplelirpa
Sex may be always on a man's mind, but why is that a problem? We are designed to continue the species, and we do it well. If a guy is being disrespectful sexually to me, I unfriend him on facebook. Some men are disrespectful, in general, and say stupid shit. I'll agree with mixedmedia and say that the overwhelming majority of leering, etc that I have experienced has been irl, and the internet has been surprisingly devoid of it, because I can control where my content is and who is viewing it (for the most part).
As for rape, I've been raped. By 1 man. But the overwhelming majority of men that I have encountered wouldn't even want to have sex with me where they thought that I might be in any sort of discomfort, and the thought was a turn-off to them. Similarly, they've been very respectful about their advances (even on dating websites), and it's been a small minority who have not veiled their "I want to fuck you" requests.
Because I feel I am slightly more attractive than an average woman, and also am blessed/cursed with rather large breasts, I have come to expect that the majority of men would at least like to fuck me--and a lot would like to date me. But why is that a bad thing? I only feel bad that I am not attracted to more of them, and/or don't really want to go having sex with that many people. Otherwise, hell--why not?
Richard Dawkins got him in a similar mess arguing with someone about this subject recently: Richard Dawkins vs SkepChick |
Thank you for posting, purplelirpa.
I used to feel very much like you do. Now I don't. And there's nothing wrong with either state of mind. The social compact dictates how you respond to polite requests, not how you feel about them.
That's an interesting article. I've always thought Richard Dawkins was a dick, but wow.