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Dudes try "dating Darwinism"

An author argues that angry young men are becoming assholes to try to get women.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:02 AM

    Types vs. Individuals

    How about just being an authentic person and treating the other person as a "real person" too? If a man thinks he has to be a certain "type", then he's probably going to find women who are a certain "type" also, and neither is being their authentic self. They get together, they continue to act a certain way (because that's what attracted the other), and then they get married and wonder, "What happened to the person I married?"

    Solution: be courteous to everyone, be interested in other people (even if they're not your "type"), and don't be a jerk. Realize that there's no monolithic "feminist" or "masculine" agenda; everyone has their own issues. Start thinking of the other sex as individuals with their own desires.

    —smrichmond Read smrichmond's other letters

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