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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 AM

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 12:34 PM

    Dworkin- you hit it on the head

    You made fun of me by saying I turned you on (har har).

    But really, that's a terrifying remark.

    and THAT is what guys don't get- what I was just saying about physical power.

    A guy who's really turned on by me could injur/rape/humiliate me.

    A girl can't generally do the same physically (specific and less comon types of rape aside).

    The same instinct that makes a rabbit run (haha! Rabbit Run! christ, I hated that book) from a large predator makes a girl run from a predatory man.

    The girls who give into them- the aggressive, predatory, only looking to screw guys-instead have been taught to pretend otherwise.

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