Perplexed comments on More art, less stink: Taking the PU out of PUA - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 12 September 2010 10:18:08PM 2 points [-]

Ok, your call, of course.

Just to throw in my own two cents as to when it might be time:

Social norms change all the time, but they do so slowly, on a time scale of generations. I am unsure what causes such changes but it seems unlikely to me that a change in female sexual mores could be triggered by a discussion on a male-dominated rational discussion group. Furthermore, regardless of what triggers the change, the actual mechanism by which this kind of change becomes widespread is that some adventuresome soul tries it and comes back to report to her peers that it was safe, it was pleasant, it was actually kind of fun.

In other words, to promote the kind of change you are seeking, you need to talk to men, not women.