I presume that photography is good way to pick up women because: a. It appeals to female vanity, and b. Women like being ordered around, and photography allows you to do this in a way that is not threatening, but still commanding. “Hips out, and hold it...”
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This is why I prefer traditional courtship. It's a formality either way, so being formal seems appropriate
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I understand what you mean by that sentiment...but is that more in theory than practice? It’s hard to say what constitutes a “tradition”, since we’ve had about 500 yrs of dissolving tradition. Did your girl have a chaperon on your last date!? ;-)
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I'm probably wrong about it not being indirect at all, to the degree that I am "aiming" at the opposite. I think "it's better to think about it" as direct, rather than indirect, for pragmatic or moral/aestethic reasons.
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But actually yes, on several occations - but indirect chaperones.
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I dont really date any more, but I have experienced many times meeting up at a cafe, for example, where my date would have secretly, inconspicuously placed a friend a few tables over, admitting to it either at on the date itself or a short while later
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*popcorn consumption intensifies*
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Yes, I think women informally chaperon. However, that is different to a formal situation where the neighbours would say, “Did you hear! Julia’s girl went out without a chaperon.” *scandal*. Chaperons tended to be older, not peers—some functional overlap, but different.
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My immediate impression is that what's changed isnt so much the role of chaperon, but the date itself. If always had the sense that being in public for these things, to women, are a neccesary evil, and that they would prefer the dating to happen as much as possible in "secret".
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