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I don't understand this at all. I don't want to have sex with any of my male friends yet I still find compelling reasons for friendship with them. So why then c
by hetman 15y ago
I don't understand this at all. I don't want to have sex with any of my male friends yet I still find compelling reasons for friendship with them. So why then can't things that are completely non-sexual attract me to women and be a foundations for a friendship with them too?
It almost sounds like we are nothing more than the sum of some animalistic urges we have little control over. I have not found this to be my experience, and sometimes wonder if it isn't a popular myth we like to use to excuse our behaviours sometimes.
- wazoox 15y ago> It almost sounds like we are nothing more than the sum of some animalistic urges we have little control over. Actually it looks like that's precisely what many believe; that's the excuse for veiling women in "traditional" religious societies after all (because you know, men all are rabid rapists; at least all pious believers must be, apparently).
- wpietri 15y agoYou're close, but the actual view is that all men are noble souls who are corrupted instantly when they glimpse a woman's ankle. Conclusion: women are inherently wicked and must be suppressed.
- skeptical 15y agoA sum of animalistic urges that we HAVE control over. Just because you have an animalistic urge doesn't mean that you don't control it with reason.