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Brian Alkerton

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I look young, but I talk old. Div I in Quiz Bowl and Karaoke.

Toronto, Ontario
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    1. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      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...

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    2. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      ...and further highlights the way that toxic masculinity has warped society. It is a shame that the person responsible for Tuesday's tragedy could not find love, or have been able to feel love. That it festered into hatred and blame of women is absolutely disgusting...

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    3. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      ...and the fact that a culture even exists that would PROMOTE this mindset is mind-bogglingly awful.

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    4. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      So, here's something I've been thinking: could the idea of "incel" culture be curtailed, and could it have been perhaps been a non-issue if sex work wasn't brutally stigmatized and criminalized in North America?

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    5. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      What if someone who felt like an "incel" could find that intimacy that they felt like they lacked in their life, and do it without shame or stigma in an open economy?

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    6. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27

      This, of course, can tie in to many current issues in Ontario, notably the ongoing debate of sex education in schools (which, in no way shape or form should be cut or repealed). But, yeah. Just a thought I thought would be good to air.

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    7. Brian Alkerton‏ @alkerton Apr 27
      Replying to @dave__murray

      I hear where you're coming from, but I don't think this is the answer for a couple reasons. I've dealt with anxiety from tying way too much of my self-worth into whether I was getting laid or not, but it was about feeling desired, not literal penetration.

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      Brian Alkerton‏ @alkerton Apr 27
      Replying to @alkerton @dave__murray

      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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        2. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27
          Replying to @alkerton

          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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        3. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27
          Replying to @dave__murray @alkerton

          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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        4. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27
          Replying to @dave__murray @alkerton

          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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        5. Dave Murray‏ @dave__murray Apr 27
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          actually learn something about interpersonal relationships, in clothed and unclothed scenarios.

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        6. Brian Alkerton‏ @alkerton Apr 27
          Replying to @dave__murray

          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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