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Originally Posted by JimOfferman  There is no division between men and women - only in your heads. |
the difference is in our heads (and external wobbly bits). Did you know that the male retina is thicker than the female retina? Or that men and women process emotions in different parts of the brain? Or that women have more sensitive hearing than men? This isn't pop sociology, actual science gives some evidence of these things. Admittedly the science is not as advanced as it could be, but we know enough now to seriously challenge the theory popular in the 60's that "gender is a social construct".
but if you are coming at it from the perspective that all energy is essentially the same and we are all one consciousness and that separation is an illusion, etc etc, than yes, your statement is correct. There is no division between men and women, in the same way there is no division between the feeling starving to death and haven just eaten a luxurious five course meal.
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Originally Posted by SuavePlaya That is a bad comparison player supreme to the media. Funchy, Who really gets more exposure player supreme or the media? Guys that find this as a joke doesn't even qualify as a real man. When you laugh this type of thing off you sort of encourage people to do this type of thing again you make it okay for people to keep joking about it. These type of commercials is the reason why there is a pua community, so guys won't put up with this type of behavior. |
I agree with you that a real man™ would not consider this ad a joke, and that somebody like "PlayerSupreme" gets much less media attention, and is far more influential on society than JCPenny. That said, I don't think PUA is the answer to these ads. I've said before that I actually consider PUA very female-centric. It's men grovelling at the feet of women like court jesters for a chance at getting some (most likely empty) sex. A woman is always free to say "no", and if she can't figure out what's going on and believes the PUA's bull, than she isn't that bright. Personally though, I think women are usually smart. They know what's going on, like it, and try to keep up the image as the "poor manipulated saint" so that men feel guilty enough to do the work entailed in something like PUA. That's why I think prostitution is more ethical; everybody knows what to expect, so there is less room for people to get hurt due to emotional confusion.