No, as I wrote to Apple Pie further down, don't take me too seriously. These things don't change because someone gets an idea. I just got so tired of the usual ideas around sexual coercion (rape culture and so on) so I wanted to launch another for a change.
I think that in order to reduce the prevalence of rape towards zero, it would be n…
No, as I wrote to Apple Pie further down, don't take me too seriously. These things don't change because someone gets an idea. I just got so tired of the usual ideas around sexual coercion (rape culture and so on) so I wanted to launch another for a change.
I think that in order to reduce the prevalence of rape towards zero, it would be necessary to abolish spontaneity and romance: People would have to discuss every step explicitly. But I also think small changes in attitudes could make a big difference. For example, if not having sex on a first date was a norm, people could get an impression of each other, go home, think their impolite thoughts undisturbed, and then make a decision whether to meet under more intimate circumstances. Not as spontaneous as meeting in a bar and go home together, but more romantic in my point if view.
I agree with you on that, and from what I read, young people are backing off on "hookup culture", which back in the day was just normal behavior.
I don't know how they ramp back to romance in these days of dating apps where the first week's worth of discussions are laid out on a menu. But we can hope.
I've fallen in love three times, and in each case it started slow (even if we did walk off in the woods together on a first date.)
No, as I wrote to Apple Pie further down, don't take me too seriously. These things don't change because someone gets an idea. I just got so tired of the usual ideas around sexual coercion (rape culture and so on) so I wanted to launch another for a change.
I think that in order to reduce the prevalence of rape towards zero, it would be necessary to abolish spontaneity and romance: People would have to discuss every step explicitly. But I also think small changes in attitudes could make a big difference. For example, if not having sex on a first date was a norm, people could get an impression of each other, go home, think their impolite thoughts undisturbed, and then make a decision whether to meet under more intimate circumstances. Not as spontaneous as meeting in a bar and go home together, but more romantic in my point if view.
I agree with you on that, and from what I read, young people are backing off on "hookup culture", which back in the day was just normal behavior.
I don't know how they ramp back to romance in these days of dating apps where the first week's worth of discussions are laid out on a menu. But we can hope.
I've fallen in love three times, and in each case it started slow (even if we did walk off in the woods together on a first date.)