I think there are many people (both genders) that believe for whatever reason they cannot find someone with which to have sex. And I believe that causes a certain sadness in their lives (however, I wouldn't use the word "suffering"). I've always thought that prostitution should
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be legal for many reasons, this one included. However, equating access to sex with the redistribution of tax money, and equating their, let's call it "struggle" with that of Gay Rights is doing a disservice to the poor/middle class and to the Gay community.
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And I do not believe you are defending incels, which seem to be a group of a certain type of men that believe their lack of access to sex is some conspiracy against them by women as a whole. That because women won't/don't have sex with them, that those women have something
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against all men. So I think I should've clarified since people do seem to think you were speaking in defense of this subgroup of people who don't have access to sex. I was throwing derision at men who believe they have some right to have sex with women - that somehow women are
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discriminating against their "maleness". I see this group as not having anything to offer to a relationship - not intellect, not compassion, not money, not growth, not adventure, not anything - because their sole focus is on their needs. No concern for what a partner may need
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from a relationship that includes sex. Can you imagine ever wanting a sexual relationship with someone whose sole focus was on self? And behavior in public is a HUGE indicator of behavior behind closed doors. So I was NOT (and I think maybe you were) referring to people who have
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celibacy forced upon them for any of a number of reasons when I aimed my derision. I have too much compassion for the human condition than that. And I think you have even more if you can include the incels. But your compassion has to stop when we take their arguments to the
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their logical conclusions. If they see access to sex (with women OR men) as the same as taxes being redistributed, it necessarily follows that someone will be forced to have sex with them. And that I will never get on board with.
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I take issue with the term "incel" since celibacy is a self-imposed choice. I think "sexually unattractive" would be a better term, and it covers the gamut - someone can be sexually unattractive because they're ugly, because they're a jerk, or for other reasons.
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