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Yes, The New Yorker, which regularly publishes fiction alongside nonfiction articles. Being in a magazine does not automatically make it an "article" any more than an excerpt of a book in a newspaper is automatically an "article". The distinction is important to make because, again, Cat Person is a work of fiction.
/r/PurplePillDebate11/12/17 09:31 PM
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It's a short story, i.e. a work of fiction -- not an "article."
/r/PurplePillDebate11/12/17 06:22 PM
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No
/r/PurplePillDebate08/10/17 04:29 PM
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On what planet is Kat Dennings fat?
/r/PurplePillDebate13/08/17 03:06 PM
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Much of it unequivocally isn't, actually.
/r/PurplePillDebate22/07/17 03:58 AM
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I've had three romantic relationships that I would term "serious." I'm in one of them right now. The shortest of those was six months and ended poorly, but for reasons unrelated to sex.
/r/PurplePillDebate21/07/17 08:49 PM
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I dated a virgin exactly once, and probably wouldn't have if I had known he was a virgin from the beginning. Probably the majority of my partners have been more experienced than average--but not by much. I prefer someone who has a good sense of their sexual self, who knows what they like but is still willing to explore.
/r/PurplePillDebate21/07/17 07:58 PM
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I have a high "n-count" and am always honest about it. I've yet to date anyone who cared--and if I were to encounter someone who did, I think I'd take it as a sign of insecurity or a particularly fraught relationship with sex/sexuality. That said, of course they'd have "every right" to reject me for it. People have the right to reject any prospective partner for any reason. I still have the right to find their decision petty and bizarre.
/r/PurplePillDebate19/07/17 02:59 PM
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Yeah I've lived in S. Korea and Japan and wtf is an Asian-like body?
/r/PurplePillDebate09/07/17 05:22 AM
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I'm a woman, INFP. I learn best experientially.
/r/PurplePillDebate08/07/17 12:48 AM
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In most of the US OP is talking about the United States.
/r/PurplePillDebate06/07/17 01:57 PM
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Who? Where?
/r/PurplePillDebate05/07/17 11:13 PM
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They "missed the question" because as it was originally written, it was ambiguously phrased: "Let's say you want to marry a high value guy one day who looks good, makes good money, is sociable, etc. Obviously it doesn't hurt if you have one, but how much of an ASSET is it to have a 4-year degree?"
/r/PurplePillDebate05/07/17 09:45 PM
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It averages to about one new partner a month since I started having sex, which seems more-or-less correct (and not that outrageous) to me.
/r/PurplePillDebate04/07/17 05:08 AM
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Agreed. I have a high n-count by most people's metrics, and it's never negatively affected my relationships. I don't doubt that some men do care (some comments in this thread are proof of that), but it isn't a concern for a majority of men in my social circle. I don't think I would care even if it were.
/r/PurplePillDebate04/07/17 04:59 AM
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Nearly 28.
/r/PurplePillDebate03/07/17 11:04 PM
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I sincerely hope, for your sake, that you don't actually think that's how labia work.
/r/PurplePillDebate03/07/17 08:51 PM
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I'm a woman. I'm at about 130. My wild oats were well-sown.
/r/PurplePillDebate03/07/17 08:19 PM
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No, it's not. My point is that not everything that is alive has subjectivity.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/06/17 07:56 PM
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Obviously they're alive. Your skin cells are alive. Your skin cells are not human beings.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/06/17 06:11 PM
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Where have you seen men being called misogynistic because they aren't charismatic? Platonically or otherwise, male or female, I don't hang out with people I find boring. Yeah, if you want people to want to spend time with you, you need to demonstrate that you're worth spending time with. Also, water is wet. If any women are "vomiting right now" after reading this post, it's because they have vertigo from your skewed vision of how the world works.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/06/17 05:10 PM
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I agree, at least, with the first clause of your statement.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/06/17 02:11 PM
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Eh, the usual. Baudrillard, Jameson. Emphatically not Derrida.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/06/17 12:55 PM
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Naomi Campbell, Salma Hayek, and there's probably a Bollywood actress who just isn't coming to mind right now.
/r/PurplePillDebate29/06/17 10:21 PM
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Seconding all of these, but particularly Zadie. Like, woman, HOW??
/r/PurplePillDebate29/06/17 10:17 PM
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I'm a bisexual Black woman living in New York City, and reaching the end of my mid twenties. I vacillate between E/INFP, although the classification doesn't mean much to me. I've lived in four different countries on three different continents, and am a fairly frequent traveler (albeit not frequent enough for my liking). I'm currently in a monogamous relationship that stemmed from a months-long FWB arrangement. I'm a career-driven woman who identifies as a former party girl. I love books (includi…
/r/PurplePillDebate29/06/17 10:10 PM
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According to every Harry Potter test ever (and my own intuition), I'm a Slytherin with prominent Gryffindor traits. I agree with others that the disdain for Hufflepuff stems mainly from the fact that they aren't featured prominently in the books, so there aren't many examples (positive or otherwise) of characters with Hufflepuff traits. My SO is a (reluctant) Hufflepuff. In my circles "Hufflepuff traits" in men are highly valued. Ravenclaw values may be even moreso, but people respect loyalty, f…
/r/PurplePillDebate27/06/17 01:25 AM
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I don't know a lot of American men in 2017 who are specifically looking for a low n-count either. Those are the dudes who are around. Not only do they exist, but they are plentiful.
/r/PurplePillDebate23/06/17 04:55 AM
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1) 2 2) 2 3) 2 4) 6 5) 7 6) 3
/r/PurplePillDebate23/06/17 04:39 AM
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Not for me, but I am bisexual myself. My current SO is also bi, and I've hooked up with bi guys in the past. It's a non-issue for me. With that said, I know it is an issue for many women, for a variety of reasons. Not sure how many of those reasons I'd say are rational, but it is what it is.
/r/PurplePillDebate14/06/17 05:15 PM
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We are?
/r/PurplePillDebate14/06/17 12:37 AM
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I'm a woman, blue pill (I guess). Shortest? About 20-30 minutes. (Mainly Tinder "dates," college party hookups.) The interim from meeting to sex with my current SO spanned about five months. We developed a friendship before we started hooking up, and we're doing a friends-with-benefits thing for months before we decided to date each other exclusively. My SO knows pretty much all there is to know about my sexual past; I'm an open book in that regard.
/r/PurplePillDebate13/06/17 05:40 PM
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If all you want is sex à la one night stand, then sure. Of course being all fun and cute--and no dependable--will get you further down the no-strings-attached sex route. I don't need someone to be reliable if I'm not relying on them for anything. I still reject OP's notion, however, that initial physical attraction gives dudes license to act any sort of way without affecting the strength of that attraction.
/r/PurplePillDebate08/06/17 06:14 AM
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I want a mix. A guy just being "tall, dark, and handsome" (which I use here as a stand-in for traits a given woman might find sexy) only goes so far in a relationship. He has to have the other shit (being dependable, fair, hard-working, an engaged listener, etc.) to make the 'boring' (i.e. not-sex) parts of the relationship functional. Being in a relationship with someone means I need to be able to be friends with them, too.
/r/PurplePillDebate08/06/17 06:00 AM
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I realize you're being facetious, but like... Yeah. People for whom I have respect and affection (and little to no mutual sexual attraction) tend to become my friends. I don't see the problem with that. Of course their positive qualities and accomplishments still mean something to me--they just don't spontaneously generate physical attraction.
/r/PurplePillDebate08/06/17 05:44 AM
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Right? The lifts would embarrass me to no end.
/r/PurplePillDebate07/06/17 11:03 PM
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My personal cut-off wouldn't be any different than it is now, which is around 23 (although I usually date my age or older). Definitely past typical college age.
/r/PurplePillDebate07/06/17 04:36 PM
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A talent for languages. That's the one thing most people I've dated have in common, I think. I love to dance and I love to sing, but I only require that a partner enjoy those things; they needn't be particularly good at them. Skillful singing and dancing are still sexy af though. Edit: words are hard.
/r/PurplePillDebate06/06/17 05:23 PM
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It's not a bad faith argument--it's not an argument at all. I just don't have it in me to type out an explanation of why pixels can't be raped, when you know damn good and well...
/r/PurplePillDebate05/06/17 04:08 PM
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I spent like an hour of my life in thread engaging in discussion with people who I felt were at very least commenting in good faith. If you really want a point-blank answer to your question, then I'll oblige: lmao no.
/r/PurplePillDebate05/06/17 04:00 PM
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Lol I feel like we're having two separate conversations. I don't know in how many ways I have to restate that sexual desire and objectification are different before we can get past that. I'm not here to vilify sex or sexual desire.
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 08:22 PM
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The paragraph before that one literally says, in no uncertain terms, that rape and objectification are not synonymous... But I'll concede that to express myself most exactly, I ought to have said "hindering or failing to acknowledge..."
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 08:06 PM
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No? And can you walk me through how you got to this conclusion? Because that certainly isn't what I said, and definitely isn't what I intended to imply. Rape necessarily involves a degree of objectification, but rape and objectification are NOT one and the same. Desire and objectification are also different concepts. If the expression of one's desire hinders the full agency of the recipient of one's desire, that is objectification. If one cannot imagine desire without objectification, then that'…
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 07:53 PM
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If you're going to try to ask gotcha questions, you need to try a little harder. This isn't a logical conclusion of anything I've said in this thread.
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 07:39 PM
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I agree that desire is natural. But the way that it's expressed matters--just like any other feeling or emotion one might have toward another. Desire can be the root of any number of behaviors, from the benign to the egregious. Yes, it isn't "transforming" into anything; it's spurring an action. Objectification is an active process, desire is not. There are ways of expressing desire that leave the agency and subjectivity of the other person intact.
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 07:21 PM
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You're conflating objectification and sexual desire. Desire is not the issue; the mode of expression of that desire is.
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 06:58 PM
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My comment stands for any example of an isolated physical trait that women "don't care about."
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 06:53 PM
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The dehumanizing element of those behaviors is what's considered objectification.
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 06:49 PM
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Height is only one fraction of the broad category of looks (and for some women, it makes up a larger fraction than for others). "I don't care about height" does not mean "I don't care about looks."
/r/PurplePillDebate02/06/17 06:36 PM
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The idea expressed in the linked post that The Handmaid's Tale is taught in "hardcore women's studies classes" and is otherwise relatively unknown is so funny to me. It won an Arthur C. Clarke award? It was nominated for the Man Booker prize? Like, come on dude, just because you don't like it, and just because you don't read, doesn't mean it isn't an influential work.
/r/PurplePillDebate30/05/17 01:04 PM
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I'm not sure I agree that it's much of a moral gray area for the women to have sex with only Brad-- it may not be the smartest course of action for maintaining the cooperative spirit of the group, but in my view it's not at all immoral. I definitely agree, though, that Mike's actions are coercive. People in this thread calling what Mike is doing "bartering" or "negotiation" are way off the mark.
/r/PurplePillDebate26/05/17 10:49 PM
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Fine, let's rephrase it. "Going into a relationship with a hyper-awareness that it might end..." Everyone knows that most relationships are not infinite; overemphasizing that fact won't help you. "Not investing heavily" contributes to the relationship's downfall.
/r/PurplePillDebate26/05/17 09:43 PM
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Spending every moment in a relationship fretting over the fact it might end only serves to bring the end about faster (and decreases the odds that you'll actually learn anything of value from it). It's a toxic headspace to be in.
/r/PurplePillDebate26/05/17 08:43 PM
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I wouldn't take a blog's word at face value, especially one that doesn't even link to the original study. For all we know, they've misinterpreted the results. This isn't "serious scientific evidence."
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 07:54 PM
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What is the link you perceive between this research and men's/women's capacity for rational thought?
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 07:52 PM
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An autism joke. That's cute. There was no context given for the original assertion (which is why I'd asked for clarification in the first place), so I'm not sure how you can comment so confidently on its intended meaning. From my perspective, you've made a bizarre set of assumptions, and in turn assumed that these assumptions are shared by everyone.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 03:40 PM
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No, we don't all know what they're talking about. And again, the fact that "Lil Timmy" is your (or OP's) standard for Black people is exactly the problem that I mean. He didn't say anything about low income lifestyles. "Black" is not synonymous.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 03:00 PM
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I asked how being black contributes to the ability to "wake up with a six pack." You responded with an answer about living in the ghetto. If you honestly don't see the connection you've made there, then I can't help you.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 02:36 PM
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Offred's husband (not boyfriend) is shown to be cheating on his first wife when he and Offred start dating. Moira, the best friend, is brash and rebellious to a fault. They're victims of Gilead's regime, but they aren't one-dimensionally "good" characters. To think so requires a rather, uh, black and white reading of the show.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 02:20 PM
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You really don't see a problem with unequivocally equating being black with "living in the ghetto"?
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 02:09 PM
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I'm very excited to have you all explaining the black experience to me, a black person.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 02:33 AM
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Does it? I (along with most everyone in my family) am black. I do not find this to be true.
/r/PurplePillDebate25/05/17 02:27 AM
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I like to travel, and in that sense there's practical value in a companion knowing the local language. Also, language isn't learned in a vacuum; being skilled in a foreign language comes with a degree of cultural literacy and is a marker of someone who either has or desires a wide range of experiences. It demonstrates intellectual curiosity and dexterity. That said, learning a foreign language was just an example. Clearly there are other pursuits that demonstrate the above and more.
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 05:08 PM
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You're rebutting a point that I did not make. Obviously, I want a guy that I am physically attracted to. My point is that after a certain threshold, in terms of my individual attraction to someone, the returns a dude gets from working hard at the gym are far outweighed by those he would get by devoting himself elsewhere. If he's reasonably fit, great. Perfect. I don't need to be able to count his abdominal muscles under his shirt, and I don't think I'm an outlier in that regard. Looks are import…
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 04:59 PM
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Women are aware that maintaining an attractive physique takes work. Women have to exercise to do so, just as men do. I imagine very few of us think that men just wake up with glorious pecs. And in fact, a lot of women find being hardworking a very attractive trait in a man. That said, if I had to choose between my boyfriend busting his ass at the gym or him busting his ass at an intellectual pursuit like learning a new language, I'd pick the latter. It's not that I don't want to see a man devoti…
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 03:57 PM
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Not for me. Fit, I like--but more male fashion model fit. Lean and toned. I don't like bulk.
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 03:41 PM
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But those women aren't judging based on the amount of work it takes (although some women don't find the idea of a man spending all his free time in a gym attractive). They're judging on aesthetic only--and if by that metric they prefer guy #2, there's nothing ignorant or hypocritical about that.
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 03:38 PM
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Nobody just wakes up with a six pack. Unless you're black. What?
/r/PurplePillDebate24/05/17 03:28 PM
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What you personally can or cannot imagine has no bearing on the reality of the situation. What, precisely, about "SJW" ideology conflicts with allowing (or even insisting) a partner paying for dates?
/r/PurplePillDebate19/05/17 05:28 PM
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I understand that you and OP honestly feel that way, but that doesn't make it an objective truth. OP made a poor argument; the evidence doesn't support the conclusion, and worse still, the "evidence" itself is conjecture.
/r/PurplePillDebate19/05/17 05:06 PM
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How does an "SJW" dress? I didn't realize that feminism came with a uniform. Unless you mean that she was literally wearing a Women's March T-shirt, or some slogan that makes a concrete statement about her politics, I still think your extrapolating details of her ideology from how she was dressed is a massive reach. I don't see women lying about this a lot. I say this mostly because I can't remember the last time I had a discussion with someone I wasn't dating about who should pay on a date. I d…
/r/PurplePillDebate19/05/17 04:40 PM
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You were only "right" in the instance you describe if you also had evidence that she'd ever claimed that she always pays for herself. What you've actually shown here is that you're prone to reach toward a biased conclusion based on little to no information.
/r/PurplePillDebate19/05/17 04:25 PM
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Or it means that the reality of her experience doesn't match her expectations based on what you described. Or it means that she's lost interest due to something completely unrelated. Yours isn't the only possible conclusion to draw. What "feminine behavior" is it that you begin to exhibit?
/r/PurplePillDebate17/05/17 06:58 PM
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It's not that sharing personality traits with your girlfriend is bad, it's that it would be strange for you to suddenly start developing a different personality because you're dating her. Some changes--in schedule and lifestyle, for instance--happen naturally. Genuine changes in personality, though? Not that often, and not that quickly. Not to mention that people are often attracted to each other for the ways that they are similar, and the ways that they're different.
/r/PurplePillDebate17/05/17 06:10 PM
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That post is about A Handmaid's Tale, not The Handmaiden.
/r/PurplePillDebate17/05/17 04:01 PM
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I'm a woman. Bisexual, if it matters--but I've talked about the movie with straight women who found it very erotic, too.
/r/PurplePillDebate16/05/17 06:43 AM
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The movie was, I thought, super sexy. I saw it with a friend who happens to be gay, and even he thought so. But it's intent that makes something pornographic, no? Rather than the viewer's reaction to it. I'm not sure any character--male or female--engaged in a truly healthy performance of sexuality until the final scene. And were the women 'angels'? They were far more sympathetic than the men, I'll give you that, but they're all a bit rotten. One might also consider that the film is also about J…
/r/PurplePillDebate15/05/17 10:07 PM
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I loved The Handmaiden (and Park Chan-wook's movies in general). It's been months since I've seen it, so I may be misremembering, but I have to disagree that the sex scenes were treated like softcore porn. The look of the film on the whole is very glossy and lush (it almost looks like an oil painting!), in fitting with what I took as one of the movie's main themes: the performativity and artifice of sexuality--and especially female sexuality. The sex scenes, while maintaining this visual narrati…
/r/PurplePillDebate15/05/17 09:39 PM
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I'm talking about my lived experience. There's no implicit comparison there with what "other girls" are like. And I happen not to think other women are a monolith. If what I want is no-strings-attached sex with a beautiful man (and sometimes, when I'm single, that is exactly what I want), why accept some rude Tinder guy who comes off as either desperate or dangerous or both, when I can go out to a bar and meet someone just as attractive? Maybe I'd think differently if I lived in the middle of no…
/r/PurplePillDebate13/05/17 07:09 PM
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I actually find the first man to be pretty attractive; he's aged well, has a nice jawline, and is well-spoken. Second man has much less charisma, and is personally far less physically attractive to me (light hair/light eyes combo rarely does much for me). He comes off older than the first man does.
/r/PurplePillDebate13/05/17 01:12 PM
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ I live in a city where models and actors are not uncommon. Fire up Tinder, and there are plenty of attractive guys with professional headshots that cast them in their best light. I have been in the situation described in the OP and responded negatively (or, more accurately, not at all). I won't pretend to know exactly what the girls in this "experiment" were thinking, and I don't think speculating about it with no evidence of their thought process is very helpful.
/r/PurplePillDebate13/05/17 12:54 PM
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The main difference between a 10/10 and an average guy initiating with a message like one of these is that when the 10/10 does it, I pause to think, "Damn. That's a shame." In both cases, I ignore him and move on.
/r/PurplePillDebate12/05/17 10:43 PM
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I'd be turned off if these were the very first messages I received from a guy. Even if I'm just looking for sex, I still have to, y'know, talk to the man. Some women might find this approach indicative of confidence, but it just signals a lack of social skills to me.
/r/PurplePillDebate12/05/17 09:43 PM
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I got the nuance. To rephrase my comment: not only do I enjoy it when he looks good, I encourage him to wear more of the clothing that makes him look especially attractive. I don't try to control his wardrobe, but I do communicate which items make him look hottest in my opinion. If he can look better than just "presentable" (which he can, and typically does), then I definitely don't discourage him from reaching that higher standard. I don't know why one would actively desire for their dude to lo…
/r/PurplePillDebate12/05/17 08:32 PM
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Generally, women enjoy being seen out with good-looking men (just as, presumably, the opposite is true). If my boyfriend asks me for an opinion on what he's wearing, I'm honest with him--and I go out of my way to mention it when he looks extra bueno. I get that "passive dread" or whatever is a tenet of TRP, but there are plenty of women who don't perceive it as a loss when their SO looks more attractive.
/r/PurplePillDebate12/05/17 07:48 PM
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Ever? Sure. Usually? No. Any sort of failure or rejection stings and can bring feelings of inadequacy to the surface--when I had trouble getting back into the job market after graduate school, for instance--but it's far from a default state. In general, I'm happy with my life and with myself.
/r/PurplePillDebate12/05/17 02:08 PM
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