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  2. Women are expected to prevent male violence, survive male violence, report male violence, prove male violence, and recover from male violence silently. So much invisible struggle.
  4. It's weird how you have high standards but no original answers.
  5. The "peaks" @Davino is talking about is hedonic instant gratification, or pride, or mentally patting oneself on the back. That is seen through. But what is maximized is flow and connectedness to moment-to-moment experience. It's a continual experience of gratification. Any individual data point is just passed through, straight to the next one, no lingering, no grasping, no clinging to finite things. The Dark Night of the Soul is when you have to make this shift from getting instant gratification and other gratification vs tapping into flow. And eventually, to purely tap into flow, you have to give up all control, and that's one of the harder keyholes to pass through.
  6. Open doors and paying on dates is a nice gesture, but this is not enough for a gender that does most of the labor in the world and is paid half of what it deserves. In patriarchy, there are often two options: either benevolent misogyny or standard misogyny. Of course, women would prefer the benevolent one because it appears softer, as it masks itself as kindness. But this is still misogyny not real love, kindness, appreciation, or respect. Women are socialized to expect so little from men, and the bar is set very low. Men working more helps usually themselves, gives them more opportunities to focus on their careers, self actualize, have more power in society, more dating opportunities and have more money, while women being at home raising the children of both of them are not paid for it, do not accumulate wealth in this time, do not progress in their careers, and are exposed to being financially vulnerable and dependent on men. The stakes are too high for a woman. Being a woman in a patriarchal system is the biggest risk, but without all the glory and money men receive. Please go through the resources shared in this thread, if you really want to learn and open minded. I am tired from going in circles an replying to the same arguments over and over again.
  7. At this point, it is all about doing the work for yourself The forum is great for content exploration, basic tips, ideas. The most practical advice here is for dating. Go to the source = Contemplation + Insight + Direct Experience

  8. Starving Patriarchy

    Natasha Tori Maru replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    @Raze Men also perform a lot of unpaid labour in house maintenance. A lot goes into owning a house and maintaining it in good order.
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  10. In my own experience happiness, joy and gratitude have increased. I don't need or want pleasure with solid gratitude
  11. Because chivalry affords women a variety of privileges from major to minor. Minor: open doors for them, pay for dates, generally get more positive regard in some cases Major: priorities in safety and assistance. An example is how when ships crash women and children are evacuated first. A study found when men were instructed to treat women with benevolent sexism they rated them as nice and normal, but when men were told to treat women exactly as they would a man, women perceived them as hostile sexists https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/items/0338425c-d7c7-4c4e-b7be-cacf9946dcd0 It isn’t, there are many other explanations. Men are less likely to take vacations and more likely to work overtime. Surveys find in careers men focus more on money and are more likely to take risks. Women are more likely to choose to work less after they have children to spend more time caring for them whereas men are more likely to work more. Men also report more interest in increasing their status and advancement to leadership roles.
  12. Some of these are something else besides stupidity. Be careful not to blame every vice on stupidity.

  13. Starving Patriarchy

    Natasha Tori Maru replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    Guys please, do not make this about attacking each others character traits or expressing your judgements. Remain on topic, talking about concepts, ideas and thoughts.
  14. @Human Mint King Crimson! Toki wa kesareta!

  15. Starving Patriarchy

    Natasha Tori Maru replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    I think it has been shown that testosterone doesn't make one more aggressive or treat others unfairly (but this is certainly a thing it can do). I may be mistaken, but it appears to enhance affect and qualities already present . I think the effects of testosterone are now believed to be more context dependant and socially mediated than we previously assumed. Although, if women who took a placebo and reported more aggression and unfair treatment in the behaviour - this is pointing to conditioning. Fascinating, because it suggests cultural narratives about testosterone can themselves shape behaviour and self-perception through expectancy effects. Pointing to a possible inherent bias from women they are unaware of given new scientific breakthroughs. The flipside to this would also be true for oestrogen, or the myriad female hormones. The clean cut between biology and social conditioning is just not there. Claiming otherwise is a failure in applying reductionism.
  16. I realized watching those blog posts on stupidity that the only reason people act stupidly is because they're cognitively uncapable of seeing beyond. Is not really their fault, they're cognitively blind. If you understand that then it's easy dealing with stupid people. You can't change that.
  17. The Dark Night of the Soul precedes the eternal light.
  19. This is too dramatic. You are the first one who started with those childish tantrums because I didn't validate your bias as you expected.

  20. Male Escorts

    Eskilon replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Dating, Sexuality, Relationships, Family

    +1000 aura
  21. Like the mind tries to grasp the condition that makes mind possible in the first place. I think others might argue the mind HAS no limit? But on the relative domain... it would appear limited. I think this is where the discussion ends up with everyone talking past each other, using different definitions & presuppositions. It turns into a semantic fog, rather than expand clarity on the issue.

  22. Starving Patriarchy

    enchanted replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    You sound more like a witch or a demon or a psychopath. I speak to you like a would to a serial killer - with well deserved contempt and disdain.
  23. Nah, you don't support feminism. You’re just an incel and a misogynist. If you supported feminism, you wouldn't talk to a woman like that.

  24. Male Escorts

    Carl-Richard replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Dating, Sexuality, Relationships, Family

    Dick so flaming it developed bioluminescence, functioning as a flashlight. Hence enlightenment. We have to be open to alternative historical interpretations. I'm the Graham Hancock of buddhist history.
  25. How does chivalry help women? This is benevolent misogyny. If you want to help women, stop expecting invisible labor, stop raping and making women feel unsafe, stop watching porn, stop supporting this industry, stop protecting predatory men, stop bullying feminists. Exploitation of women is part of patriarchy. Because this is obvious, if you live on earth for a while.

  26. Starving Patriarchy

    enchanted replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    It's like I'm talking to a brainwashed zombie. So cringe. Just because I support feminism doesn't mean I support your incoherent angry dribble.

  27. Starving Patriarchy

    enchanted replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events

    Don't expect a coherent answer. Brainwashed militant feminists are just angry bitter people who draw you into circular arguments.
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