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Originally Posted by niwell
Jesus dude you have some serious issues.
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Mistercorporate is a bit off his rocker. It seems like he's trying to become the "Mousquet of Canada"!
But anyway, he still raises an interesting and fundamental point: human seduction has always been something of a "cat and mouse" game. About trying and even pushing your luck, playing hard to get, pretending you're not going to give in, deciding when to give in.
What we are trying to police and force into a specific framework is actually a basic trait of human nature.
I don't know how much coverage there was in the rest of the country, but recently the French actress Catherine Deneuve published an open letter critical of #MeToo in LeMonde also signed by a whole bunch of notable French women.
Being the nice guy that I am, I've found an English translation of it.
https://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-...herine-deneuve
Some of the statements that have drawn the most attention:
"Rape is a crime. But trying to pick up someone, however persistently or clumsily, is not — nor is gallantry an attack of machismo."
"Philosopher Ruwen Ogien defended the freedom to offend as essential to artistic creation. In the same way, we defend a freedom to bother as indispensable to sexual freedom."
The letter has drawn both applause and criticism. Deneuve actually apologized to victims of sexual assaults when they said they felt it minimized their plight. But she and the others still stand by the fundamentals of their argument.
https://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-...herine-deneuve