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

66 Post author: XFrequentist 10 September 2010 12:25AM

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Comment author: XFrequentist 13 September 2010 12:22:50AM 7 points [-]

I absolutely do not want this to be limited to the "single-hetero-male" set, or even their disjunction! That would be rather limited.

I don't deny there is misogyny in some PUA sectors, and it's puerile. This is the association I would most like to distance myself from.

In fact, I can think of no reason why gender is particularly relevant to this project at all. That's a feature of PUA, and it doesn't need to be transferred.

Comment author: wedrifid 13 September 2010 02:59:10AM 3 points [-]

In fact, I can think of no reason why gender is particularly relevant to this project at all. That's a feature of PUA, and it doesn't need to be transferred.

Well said. I cringed when you included those dreaded letters in the title. Even though you distanced the proposal somewhat from PUA even just priming the subject was bound to damage the conversation!