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gapbetweenus,

For the starters, men need to learn to talk about sex. I never had a useful conversation about sex with other men, with women sure easy topic (just don’t be a creep).

gapbetweenus,

Do you have an example?

gapbetweenus,

Men seem to do it backwards. They want to get physical first and then trust you with love, since emotional danger is very real to them.

This always seemed strange to me. I need a emotional connection to a person first, to have sex with them. Given I can establish one rather fast.

gapbetweenus,

sending me memes and affirmations all day.

This sounds like my personal hell. Shows how different we all are.

gapbetweenus,

Actually I block quite a few meme instances the minute I see them. I enjoy memes only in moderation and I hate group-chat spam, most groups-chats I have to participate in, are muted.

gapbetweenus,

You can always chose you a new family, made from people that you care about and that care about you.

gapbetweenus,

I feel like the same story and message could have been conveyed in a single comic strip.

gapbetweenus,

Nobody who is not open minded is going to read long ass comic, that is contradicting their world view. Seems like preaching to the choir type of situation to me, makes the artis feel good but misses the audience that would profit from the message.

gapbetweenus,

She has a problem with assertiveness and she blames men for her own shortcomings.

And I’m so sick and tired of the anti-men bullshit that it’s really affecting my self esteem and my perception of myself

Maybe you just need more self esteem? Why are you blaming society for your own shortcomings?

gapbetweenus,

I think there are a good amount of people who are on the fence who would be persuaded by the detailed argument

I can see that point, thank you. I was more thinking about people being totally opposed, but yeah - for someone on the fence who is genuinely looking into the Argument that would be indeed a very nice comic.

gapbetweenus,

Fair point.

gapbetweenus,

“be out there and be confident”

But that’s what it boils down to in the end - especially for men. Decent looking women and above can even leave out the second part completely.

gapbetweenus,

But there is no special secret to dating to begin with.

gapbetweenus,

Sure on individual level but without knowing the person there is not much general advice to be given. It will always be general things like don’t be ugly or shy.

gapbetweenus,

Like I said, to give a tailored advice you actually need to know the person pretty well, to understand where exactly they fuck up.

gapbetweenus,

I feel like at least in Europe a lot of people see marriage as an outdated concept.

gapbetweenus,

Feminism is also not a useful term anymore - since people have vastly different definitions.

gapbetweenus,

Problem is, people using this term might simply no understand each other, since they might mean quite different things.

Talking Over Women

Assuming that boys are socialized to be more confident, bold, and outspoken, the end result is that men will end up talking over women. In an open forum setting, such as a professional or educational one, when the floor is open to anyone, it seems like men are more likely to speak up first....

gapbetweenus, (edited )

It’s not just a gender thing, it’s also a family/culture thing. Like I just come from a family where people will talk over each other, but than I have some balkan friends who will talk over me like it’s nothing (no matter the gender). What I try to do is to adjust to the situation - if someone is quieter I will let them speak out, if someone is interrupting I will also join in in a more lively way. In a group setting if I see that someone is getting talked over - I will try to refer the conversation back to them.

gapbetweenus,

Or the best phrase ist: there is no point in generalizing literally half of human population.

And the point with confidence is more that it makes your whole life easy(not just dating) - since you are just not really afraid to fail no matter the odds, but it’s really difficult to develop as an adult.

gapbetweenus,

As a child it’s basically your parents supporting and believing in you (helps being good at something). As an adult it’s being really good at something and working on your childhood trauma of not supportive parents.

I don’t really get your point - since not being insecure just helps generally in life. And it’s always good to work on ones insecurities - be it just for oneselfs peace of mind.

gapbetweenus,

It’s defensively an acquired taste, not for everyone.

gapbetweenus,

Taste is a completely subjective thing, that happens mostly in your brain.

gapbetweenus,

There is no objective taste reality, so there is no false reality. Taste is a complex experience of actual taste, aroma, texture, memories (your grandma used to cook that way), setting, hunger (ever been hungry on a long hiking trip?) - what ever combination gives you pleasurable experience, tastes good for you.

gapbetweenus,

Achutally there is an evolutionary advantage in hitting oneself with a 2x4…

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