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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Are we going to pretend that sexual assault translates into who asks whom out for a date?
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Well it's affecting the way I and and many of the men I know are approaching women. Not because we were sexual assaulters, because we want to make sure we aren't. So it's not pretend. I feel it. Wastedyouth feels it. Many of my friends feel it. The whole point is this is not just about "sexual assault". It's about a pattern of behaviour and the cultural way men and women have associated for decades and centuries. Changing that culture is a good thing because it was garbage before. But it's going to have ripple affects in how we associate with each other. How can it not?
Saying that women might have to be more assertive in first contact meetings due to men becoming more reserved based on changing sexual paradigms is not a bad thing, or a backhanded comment, or a stupid threat. It's an observation.