But our culture is kinda over-riding everyone else's

Then again, we also did away with some reeeeeally nasty stuff

I think a lot of people who scream out "cultural appropriation" do so in an attempt to preserve such cultures, but not sharing culture will do the opposite and make it more likely to die out.

That's possibly true

I think everywhere needs to revitalize the best parts of their traditional culture or we'll see a day when it's all ancient history and you won't be able to tell any culture from any other

Ever seen a modern Bollywood film?

They basically look like Hollywood films, but cheaper.

They aren't distinct anymore

you could say the same for a lot of Asian film, used to be very distinct but not as much anymore

even in games, a lot of old school JRPGs are being lost to more western gaming trends.

less turn based, linear with a tight narrative and more open world real time with a more "do what you want"attitude.

Yeah, I get that. I'm not so worried about the rpgs. More the stuff that is only really preserved in cultural festivals

Today's topic will be "what do you make of this study that looks suspiciously like a bunch of lies?"

https://twitter.com/emrazz/status/1086125882975096832

Ever if somebody did a study on the prevalence of rape fantasies in women hmmm

Ummmm where's the actual study? It just links to an abstract

So, the article actually *is* the study... The abstract is just what they want to say about wording (people think different things when you change the wording of something and possibly the meaning, there's a shocker, anyone remember when they changed the wording to 'would you have sex with a woman who had a drink and counted men as rapists who said yes?)

They are just saying what they want things to mean. I doubt they've given the specific wording of the questions, nor is the site thecut.com reputable as a study source

u/professor_chad posted a new link in /r/MensRights It's a false comfort to say the murder and rape of women is caused by sexism - https://redd.it/aix10z

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/23/its-a-false-comfort-to-say-the-and-of-women-is-caused-by-sexism

Thoughts?

Did she deserve it?

No

'Florida woman blows a guy for 5 bucks and a can of pringles '

Mabey she refused to share the chips with him and that sent him over the edge

Killed over Pringles...wow.

Sex Pringles N’ Murder coming to a theater near you!

I know I shouldn't be laughing as much as I am and I'm no better than feminists but goddammit I don't care

non lethal

I don't think that people should be killed generally and I think that sex work should be legal. Imo the reason it isn't is because women would lose their power over men to an extent

Not just women but anyone who leverages men by incentivising them with status. It's an as cheating in many ways

I don't know, it honestly seems like sex work is becoming more and more something young women are turning toward, with sex cams, "premium snapchats" and hell, even Twitch to an extent

Personally I'd like to see that sort of thing be dis-incentivized, if only to preserve the health of the male-female relationship

Sexual promiscuity shouldn't be incentivized, it's shown to have a dire impact on divorce rates and happiness in relationships

@Mush
> Sexual promiscuity shouldn't be incentivized, it's shown to have a dire impact on divorce rates and happiness in relationships

This is commonly said, but those stats are correlative, not causative. BPD and sexual promiscuity go hand and hand; BPD is also basically an attachment disorder which causes unstable relationships

> I don't know, it honestly seems like sex work is becoming more and more something young women are turning toward, with sex cams, "premium snapchats" and hell, even Twitch to an extent

I've had some eye opening experiences lately. Lots of women who are prostitutes who won't admit it to themselves hanging around online dating sites looking for shopping, help with rent, cloths, whatever.

You can try to not incentivise it however it is a product with a market, it’s going to happen no matter what you do, making it legal would reduce crime around it and also give protections for women and men who do sex work and the government can even tax it if they want, since it is a business.

There's also a problem with the message - you aren't going to gain any traction with the 'we want to go back in time'/dislike of promiscuity talk because socially we're well past those questions - that came with available birth control. It is also far too easily conflated with the incel/mgtow movements.

The truth of the matter is that we're seeing a 'levelling' of the sexual market where you're seeing different trends - and sex work is highly lucrative and so will of course be something people with few other prospects are drawn to, especially if there is no stigma.

But we're seeing more clearly, imo, the resources/beauty dynamic - and I'm personally seeing this. It is difficult to navigate the 'legitimacy' of feelings vs just seeing someone as a good provider/attractive and I'm sure that contributes to the reduction in people planning to marry.

I think we could make those arguments but stress that the larger MRM takes a non-partisan approach so we don't alienate the prolife side. It would be good if we could get both of those sides to agree with our core message, though I admit that could split the movement.