komponisto comments on Of Exclusionary Speech and Gender Politics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 14 April 2010 03:14:39PM 2 points [-]

saying that some women like that approach (which is true), or that PUAs mean well (which is neither trustworthy [1] nor relevant)

[1] Some PUAs start from a position of resenting women for turning them down

At the risk of being seen standing up for low-status males, I feel obliged to point out that that's not incompatible with "meaning well".

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 April 2010 04:09:21PM 2 points [-]

It's not incompatible with meaning well, but I wouldn't recommend taking their word that they aren't doing harm.