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In reply to the discussion: An Ugly Attack on Lonely Males and What it Represents (Beta Male Infighting) [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)4. Where did the false flag of "feel entitled to" come from?
Who EVER said they were "entitled to sex"?
That is a fucking strawman.
The irony is that these weak-kneed men asking for love and connections by internalizing their sense of what women are demanding (nice guys who both "respect" them AND will treat them like princesses) are now being attacked as not genuine "nice guys" for the sole reason that they are doing it simply to make a connection.
But more disturbing is the mocking and emasculating being done by this sniveling Vichy-male, Hugo Schwyzer.
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An Ugly Attack on Lonely Males and What it Represents (Beta Male Infighting) [View all]
Bonobo
Jan 2013
OP
Isn't the whole point of something like "OK Cupid" to put oneself out there as a potential partner?
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#1
Isn't the whole point of a dating site like "OK Cupid" to promote oneself to potential partners?
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#3
And i would add that There is nothing wrong with anyone- of either gender- looking for
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#24
The ambiguity in the tone of the article stems from the phenomena I am getting at.
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#8
Hmmm. Would similar, enthusiastic defense of the pillorying of a "fat acceptance" blog for women be
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#15
I can't make heads or tails out of it, because it's been photoshopped into illegibility.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#16
Wow! I will admit that I haven't taken the time to study this particular controversy . . .
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#27
'Nice Guy' #1 - Do you believe that men should be the heads of their households? "Yes."
redqueen
Jan 2013
#37
If a woman posted on a fat acceptance blog that "most men are shallow shits who only want
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#42
And the point isn't that these guys are shining examples of humanity.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#47
It was basically a "See....we found some assholes who say they are nice guys!"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jan 2013
#48
Again, it's this lame idea that there are these defective stereotypical "types" of men.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#51
And again, if you were to read, say, a "fat acceptance blog" where women complained about
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#46
I think the whole "nice guy" thing is a trope. It's a trope from the end of the guys who say
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#50