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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Richard Morgan

      About being asked to smile by unknown men. This does happen. However, I'm wary of putting it in a category of its own & making it a symptom of an imbalance. Where does it rate on the scale of minor annoyances of being in a public place? Do women also start unwanted conversations?https://twitter.com/quellist1/status/1050438633298305025 …

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      Richard Morgan @quellist1
      Replying to @noelplum @Pen_Antumbra and 3 others
      Then you know a remarkable (and very lucky) group of women. I cannot think of a single woman I’ve met anywhere in the world who hasn’t been on the receiving end of this kind of unwanted intrusion at one time or another.
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      I find women are more likely to start up conversations with me, particularly when I am dog walking. They are more likely to assume that I'd like company even if I have headphones on and to be offended if I say I really enjoy walking alone listening to music. Also in queues.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      Do we find this less intrusive because it is almost certainly not a precursor to anything romantic or sexual but just a wish for conversation and connection? Does it change when the man talking to you is clearly lonely. Elderly men on park benches waiting for someone to talk to?

      10:47 AM - 11 Oct 2018
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        2. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I think a lot of it is just guys lacking social awareness. It's like in retail when ~every time something doesn't scan right away, the customer comes up with the brilliant 'joke' "OH I GUESS THAT MEANS IT'S FREE LOL HAHA" and they have no idea how many times you've heard it.

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        3. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Oct 11
          Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose

          I think it's a good idea to let men know this "you should smile" line is untactful to use but it's weird to see people making a big deal out of it.

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        2. Fullmetal Humanist  ⚜‏ @OneOnOne1162 Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I have social anxiety. It can be quite scary for me to be talked to by a stranger. But despite this, I understand that that's not their fault. They cannot read my mind. They're not knowingly doing me any harm and in the case of most people they aren't doing them harm at all. I...

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        3. Fullmetal Humanist  ⚜‏ @OneOnOne1162 Oct 11
          Replying to @OneOnOne1162 @HPluckrose

          hate it when people make a big deal out of issues like this. I get why someone telling you "smile more" would be annoying. But that's just it: It's an annoyance. To make that part of a "the patriarchy is oppressing us" narrative seems silly.

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        1. David Atherton‏ @DaveAtherton20 Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Helen someone said to me in New York that people don't want to know you, they want to know about you. Striking up a conversation could also be a defence mechanism, don't attack me.

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