A thought: What happened in Toronto this week was awful, and the light that has been cast on "incel" culture, has been eye-opening, to say the least. The hatred it projects onto women is just horrendous...
I don't seek out any incel stuff (because I'm in a way healthier place now) but I suspect they'd see it as transactional and a waste. Hookers don't count. These are not guys with healthy attitudes towards sex work, and sending them that way carries risks for sex workers.
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I agree with you on the "transactional" comment, and see your other tweet as a fair counterpoint. But, what if, the feeling of being desired, intimacy (not necessarily sexual, and sex itself wasn't so much a chasm to a person, but a crack? As in, they held a similar mental worth?
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I also agree that these people already have a very unhealthy attitude towards women and sex, and that is a BIG problem. But what if the attitude towards sex, love, intimacy, & sex work was shifted from a much younger age? That person could grow up without shame re: their desires
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Which could lead to a healthier person down the road. Also, to be blunt, getting laid is a confidence boost. Maybe if these guys had the option of getting laid without tons of shame heaped upon them from decades of alpha-bro caricatures, they could feel good about themselves, and
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actually learn something about interpersonal relationships, in clothed and unclothed scenarios.
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We definitely have a ton of societal hang-ups about sex. I don't know what national therapy looks like, but we'd probably benefit from it.
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