unapologetic

@unseen – you might be interested in this BBC programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mdfw/episodes/player

they’re never going to know the answer: there are arguments for both sides, but the origin is likely to remain shrouded in mystery.

Autumn wrote:
To what extent is this really happening?

I couldn’t tell you.  But I saw a movie last week where the white men just started shooting the (good) Asian and middle Eastern men, for no reason at all.  It didn’t make any sense.  It was a clumsy caricature.

With a show like Dear White People, it’s meant to be upfront about what the cent…

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_Robert_ wrote:
Yes, it seems to me the so called “manosphere” is full of misogynists and it is a growing thing.

It seems to me also, that the man-o-spear is full of patriarchal women-haters and not much else.

_Robert_ wrote:
That’s off the table now and instead movies are going to school me on diversity and how strong and smart women are and how dumb and useless I am.

I’m all for diversity in movies.  The traditional movie cast wasn’t very diverse.  But painting white men as inherently stupid and evil doesn’t do anyone any favours.  It does drive memb…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
My “one that got away” would probably be thought of as a bit chubby by many. Her main attraction was her personality. She was the nicest girl I ever met and being with her was just…easy.

@robert – you see, a pretty face can’t make you laugh or hold your interest (in itself).

Unseen wrote:
LOL You come off as political by fashioning yourself as a self-appointed judge of intelligence in others, I guess. Come to think of it, that kinda goes along with a woke personality.

Is that the green-eyed monster talking?  If one is a trans woman, it’s pretty impossible not to be highly politicised.

_Robert_ wrote:
Surely. However, you must get through that first gate to play.

OK.  But there’s nothing wrong with women enjoying attention from men they find attractive, and not enjoying attention from men they don’t find attractive.  It’s logical.

“That first gate” is quite a low bar.

I’m no expert, but I believe that while women may find the “tall dark and handsome” stereotype physically attractive, – what makes one person settle down with another is highly idiosyncratic.  Who knows why people fall in love?  It’s different in every case.  At the same time, one is less likely to fall in love with some people (who don’t have th…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
Ever since Court my stomach has been tied into knots.

Conflicting emotions.

Davis wrote:
I’d be extremely interested to see evidence that the overwhelming majority of women are interested in tall dark haired men. Please back this up.

Yes, this sounds like a Men’s Rights Activists myth, that justifies their binary win/lose view of the world.  I think it’s more like horses for courses.

The thing that causes all the senseless (?) problems with wokeness is the age-old problem of puritanism.  Puritanism is by nature callous, aggressive and single-minded (etc.).  It can lead to evil, because zealots forget about things like compassion and human rights.  It’s on the way to being a mini-fascism, wherever it rears its head – on the le…[Read more]

Noel wrote:
Speaking up about that is WOKE? You bet your ass it’s WOKE! It means that the folks speaking out against this shit have awakened to the possibility that it’s not acceptable to behave this way and also, screw freedom of speech trumping our pursuit of life and liberty. WOKE.

The good kind of woke.

_Robert_ wrote:
I simply think there are better ways to achieve those goals than the forceful fantasies presented in the media.

I think the biggest problem is that young people often don’t have much experience of how life works, so they are impressionable to the media and people out to control their young minds.  So, boys can think that porn is…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
Most people who are dismissed as woke, are simply standing up for their own equality and dignity. I’m sorry, quietly asking people if they would kindly treat others with respect and equality does not work. This is, once again, a conservative overreaction to people standing up for their rights, equality and dignity.

But how do you a…[Read more]