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I’m a feminist who’s attracted to ‘manly men’
Washington Post ^ | September 13, 2016 | Shannon Lell

Posted on 09/20/2016 4:31:41 AM PDT by C19fan

Within minutes of meeting my Bumble date at a bike race, he demanded that I take off my sunglasses so he could see my eyes. I obliged. In the two hours we were together, he proceeded to put his hand firmly on my butt, pretending to usher me through a crowd. He also did not ask before reaching over to rub my shoulders, as though he had a right to touch my body.

As a feminist writer, I understand that these behaviors denote male entitlement and indicate that he might not respect women. And yet, I was turned on. I have always been attracted to dominant men.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: feminism; genderwars; masculine
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This woman is a poster child for following the advice of advocates of playing the "Game". Another women who spits at men who actually try to listen to her and be nice to her.
1 posted on 09/20/2016 4:31:41 AM PDT by C19fan
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Fifty shades of B.S.!


2 posted on 09/20/2016 4:33:51 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: MeganC

Ping for your intrest Megan dear.

Your Husband is a manly man. But was also much older than you. How did that effect your decision to get married?


3 posted on 09/20/2016 4:36:23 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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I’ll bet she falls for “manly” Moslems, too.


4 posted on 09/20/2016 4:37:07 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The coming of a Cthulhu presidency will be heralded by a worldwide wave of madness.)
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“manly men” = Simps that will buy her stuff, do chores, and “treat her like a princess” in exchange for sex once in a while.


5 posted on 09/20/2016 4:42:52 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Life is far too short to be around those who thrive in a cesspool of personal discontent. Why would anyone want to be around someone who's default mindset is "perpetually annoyed"?

I learned a long time ago to sever any bonds with people like that a leave post haste. Same with people who relate to others via arguing. Argue with yourself, I'm only interested in solving problems, not debating every single aspect of the misery of a given issue.

That being said, God provided us with wonderful women who are intelligent, thoughtful and very constructive in relationships, making the harradins and harlots of society subjects of ridicule, not viable prospects for relationships. The lefties can have them, let's all just sit back and enjoy the fireworks from a distance.

6 posted on 09/20/2016 4:45:36 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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be advised, manly men do NOT like feminists...
7 posted on 09/20/2016 4:53:27 AM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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In the two hours we were together, he proceeded to put his hand firmly on my butt...

Excuse me, young lady but that's not a manly man, that's an abusive control freak with no control over himself. You need to get away quickly and find a gentleman.
8 posted on 09/20/2016 4:55:24 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Stopped reading pretty quick. I would have slapped his face for playing grab-@ss. She thinks such abuse is manly?


9 posted on 09/20/2016 4:57:26 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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The author:

Another women who spits at men who actually try to listen to her and be nice to her.

The lesson: with some (many?) women, "being nice" doesn't work. They want somebody who is dominant, in order to feel secure.

10 posted on 09/20/2016 4:58:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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And yet, I was turned on.


Don’t see much feminism here. More like human nature. If a woman is “interested” in a man it barely matter what he says/does. If a woman is NOT “interested” in a man it doesn’t matter what he says/does.


11 posted on 09/20/2016 4:58:43 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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In her dreams is the only place this took place. She wants readers to get the idea that she is brainy but desirable. Sure.......


12 posted on 09/20/2016 5:00:29 AM PDT by txrefugee
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She got those two kids she has somehow, didn’t she?

Perhaps, sometimes ‘feminism’ is just a work schtick.


13 posted on 09/20/2016 5:07:09 AM PDT by Gaffer
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> ... he demanded that I take off my sunglasses so he could see my eyes.

He’s 100% right. I hate women who were sunglasses. You really can’t see their eyes.
And this woman is a professional victim who enjoys her victimhood.


14 posted on 09/20/2016 5:07:21 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Own a rifle. Be an American.)
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that's not a manly man, that's an abusive control freak with no control over himself. You need to get away quickly and find a gentleman.

Yeah, no kidding, that was my first thought, too! That's not a manly man, he's just a jerk. I've known plenty of manly men who are NOTHING like that.

15 posted on 09/20/2016 5:08:13 AM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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To: PapaBear3625

His touch is the only thing “firmly” about that butt.


16 posted on 09/20/2016 5:11:10 AM PDT by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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The number one attraction in relationships... this is what creates the chemistry of attraction...

We are attracted toward individuals whose underlying persona is similar to someone with whom we have unresolved conflict.

This is the reason for repeated relationship patterns. It’s also the reason that Harville Hendrix’s Imago Therapy works so well.

When these relationships reach the point of intimacy, each person then feels comfortable enough to project their unresolved conflict onto the new surrogate and they hate them, but don’t know why.

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As a feminist writer, I understand that these behaviors denote male entitlement and indicate that he might not respect women. And yet, I was turned on. I have always been attracted to dominant men.

I have intermittently been dating online for over two years, and I have dated all kinds of men: those in white-collar jobs and blue-collar ones; white men; dark men; young men; older men; tall men; short men; men who lie about their relationship status. But what hasn’t wavered, is that, as a “traditionally feminine” woman, I end up being attracted to the men who come off as “traditionally masculine.”

From what I’ve glimpsed in dating these 30- to 45-year-old men, most of them seemed to be just as confused as I am.

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I have worked with women who are attracted toward physically violent men who beat them to the point of hospitalization. The women often say to me, “It’s as though I am addicted to him. He beats me, is put in jail, and I keep taking him back.. Over and over... Why?”

We never talk about their current relationship. We go right to the perceptual programming event in their life that created the wound they seek to heal. When that is resolved, which usually only takes a few minutes, the attraction in their current relationship is gone as they do not need a surrogate to resolve a wound to their soul that is already resolved.

The other factor I found in my research is that many (but not all) women who hold anger toward men were in their mother’s womb when she was angry at their father. It’s an inter-generational trauma passed from mother to child in the womb as a child in their mother’s womb cannot differentiate between their own experiences and those of their mother. (I have found this to be true in many lesbians(but not all)


17 posted on 09/20/2016 5:12:32 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: PapaBear3625

As Rush pointed out, feminism was created so ugly women can participate in society.

18 posted on 09/20/2016 5:15:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Never Trump=Always hiLIARy)
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Wait a minute she got felt up and was okay with that ? Some kinda freak yo


19 posted on 09/20/2016 5:17:04 AM PDT by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: PapaBear3625

An FRFR Gaynor clone who really means she likes men who will do whatever she commands them to do and get them done without excuses which is what real men do. We see right through you. Real men won’t have you.


20 posted on 09/20/2016 5:17:26 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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