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Men face the same value issues as well, that door definitely swings both ways.
by Zikes 11y ago
Men face the same value issues as well, that door definitely swings both ways.
- enraged_camel 11y agoYep, I have several attractive female friends who keep multiple guys round as "options." The guys of course don't realize they're being led on and they believe they have a real shot at something more meaningful. Sex and sexuality are ultimately about power. People who have high sexual value can totally let that power get to their heads and start taking advantage of others. This isn't gender-specific, but simply the way the world works.
- storgendibal 11y agoThis. There is another double-standard at play that is often ignored. Women are just as capable (and willing) as men at keeping options, having backups, and upgrading to something better. A number of my female friends are constantly complaining about not being able to meet a guy who wants a relationship, and then continue to spend most of their dating energy on Tinder, while also keeping open several options constantly. This article is super one-sided and makes it sound like all these women in New York have no choice but to be on Tinder. Can't have it both ways.
- mcantelon 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergamy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergamy
- pavlov 11y agoAbsolutely. Anyone who doesn't want to feel like a commodity product that gets evaluated in two seconds should not be on Tinder. But I find it strange that the women are apparently such willing participants. If they don't want to get dick pics from the "fuckboys" (as the article calls them), why are they hanging out online with these people?
- mycroft-holmes 11y agoPeople like to complain even when they create their own problems.
- Balgair 11y agoAnd this is the entire article in a sentence. Bravo.
- johnnyg 11y agoWow, what a line.
- bambax 11y ago"God laughs at people who complain about consequences, the cause of which they cherish" - Bossuet (circ. 1680).
- Sven7 11y agoThis is the kind of mentality that allows Wall Street and Silicon Valley to take advantage of people, who don't know any better what problems they are creating for themselves. With it "smart" people, don't have to feel responsible for what they get "dumb" people to do.
- mcantelon 11y agoRubes should be chastised for being rubes. The probability's higher that a rube can learn to understand the losing nature of their position than that a con will give up the benefits of theirs.
- jff 11y ago> why are they hanging out online with these people? hanging out, in some cases, for twenty hours a day, according to the article.
- a8da6b0c91d 11y ago> feel like a commodity product that gets evaluated in two seconds Everybody constantly gets evaluated in two seconds. Mates very nearly are commodities. People claiming otherwise are just uggos, or class-ists. Once we get video of some interaction + voice + smell, that's really 99% of the mating game. Nobody really gives a shit about anybody's resume. They may claim to when asked, but in reality we're dealing with systems much lower down towards the cerebellum.