siduri comments on post proposal: Attraction and Seduction for Heterosexual Male Rationalists - Less Wrong

8 Post author: lukeprog 06 February 2011 04:43AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 21 February 2011 10:59:22PM 0 points [-]

My guess is that you would be bothered by the following passage:

Actually, no, since the language isn't gender-specific. I'm still not convinced by the theory, but I don't find the terminology nearly as objectionable when it's applied to people in general rather than women in particular.

I understand your frustration with overbroad generalizations about women's preferences, and the use of evolutionary theories in the absence of empirical studies.

Awesome. I agree with your point about not generalizing overmuch from my own experiences, either. And I don't hold a strong position against all evopsych. So as far as the basic groundwork here goes, we are in agreement.