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I don't believe every highly-esteemed man (whether a professor or someone with another well-regarded position) is asking undergrads out. I believe most of the

by Frondo 7y ago

I don't believe every highly-esteemed man (whether a professor or someone with another well-regarded position) is asking undergrads out. I believe most of the men in positions of some power and acclaim at MIT aren't asking undergrads out, and yes, those that are shouldn't be in that position of power and/or acclaim.

lostjohnny 7y ago
> I don't believe every highly-esteemed man is asking undergrads out Seriously? Epstein was really well-esteemed. Weinstein was very well-esteemed Polansky was very well-esteemed Ethan Zuckerman (MIT) was very well-esteemed Stallman did nothing of the sort. They are just legends built around a weird guy who comes out creepy when tries to be friendly. And they started because he was not popular in college but usually right People hate the outcasts that expose their faults in public It ruins their projected image It hurts their giant ego BTW: I've been young and creepy sometimes to women, they've been creepy to me (one even stalked me and my girlfriend), most of the time we've been cool around each other. "She said, he said" is a very bad way to evaluate a person in an objective way. "They told me that one time" it's the beginning of everyone's life, when you are 66 and lived the life Stallman has lived, that one time, repeated over and over, becomes almost a truth. It's like John Lennon saying "The best drummer in the world? Ringo is not even the best drummer in The Beatles" Or Ozzy Osbourne eating bats Or Van Halen's "no brown M&M's" rule
smsm42 7y ago
He has never been a professor. And its certainly news for me that it is prohibited for males of highly regarded position to ask out females (which aren't dependent on them in professional or any other capacity and he's not doing it in a workplace or in other inappropriate environment). > yes, those that are shouldn't be in that position of power and/or acclaim. Why not? What's bad in asking a female student out? Is it some sort of crime for males to date females? Is it something only low-level males not occupying any positions allowed to do? It is bad if someone tries to use their power to coerce a female to a date, but if he just asks, and the female is not dependent on him in any way and is free to refuse if she doesn't find him attractive - what exactly is the problem here?
- Frondo 7y ago
  Yes. Next question.

by Frondo 7y ago

lostjohnny 7y ago

> I don't believe every highly-esteemed man is asking undergrads out Seriously? Epstein was really well-esteemed. Weinstein was very well-esteemed Polansky was very well-esteemed Ethan Zuckerman (MIT) was very well-esteemed Stallman did nothing of the sort. They are just legends built around a weird guy who comes out creepy when tries to be friendly. And they started because he was not popular in college but usually right People hate the outcasts that expose their faults in public It ruins their projected image It hurts their giant ego BTW: I've been young and creepy sometimes to women, they've been creepy to me (one even stalked me and my girlfriend), most of the time we've been cool around each other. "She said, he said" is a very bad way to evaluate a person in an objective way. "They told me that one time" it's the beginning of everyone's life, when you are 66 and lived the life Stallman has lived, that one time, repeated over and over, becomes almost a truth. It's like John Lennon saying "The best drummer in the world? Ringo is not even the best drummer in The Beatles" Or Ozzy Osbourne eating bats Or Van Halen's "no brown M&M's" rule

smsm42 7y ago

He has never been a professor. And its certainly news for me that it is prohibited for males of highly regarded position to ask out females (which aren't dependent on them in professional or any other capacity and he's not doing it in a workplace or in other inappropriate environment). > yes, those that are shouldn't be in that position of power and/or acclaim. Why not? What's bad in asking a female student out? Is it some sort of crime for males to date females? Is it something only low-level males not occupying any positions allowed to do? It is bad if someone tries to use their power to coerce a female to a date, but if he just asks, and the female is not dependent on him in any way and is free to refuse if she doesn't find him attractive - what exactly is the problem here?

Frondo 7y ago
Yes. Next question.