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48 Post author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 11:06AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 November 2011 08:39:45AM *  6 points [-]

Obviously pressured sex happens.

I am simply saying its not a good tactic in the context of situations that PUA usually focuses on.

Note that pressure =/= nagging. For it to be pressure you need to have some social or physical leverage over the other person. Nagging dosen't imply you have either and in their absence the word brings up associations of begging. It is hard to gain great leverage on people of high social status.

Comment author: CuSithBell 17 November 2011 07:26:17AM 1 point [-]

My point was not about PUA. You said:

nagging too much will make people so desperate to be left alone they may well agree to sex

I have a very hard time imagining this working... I can't see why this would be rewarded with sex. Sex with a woman might happen in spite of nagging, not because of it.

You also talked about PUA, but the above is a simple claim of fact which is incorrect.

Comment author: [deleted] 17 November 2011 07:32:56AM 2 points [-]

The post was a response to:

persevering (necessary to pass simple shit-tests, but nagging too much will make people so desperate to be left alone they may well agree to sex)

This was given as a better example of a potential PUA tactic that could be unethical. I was implicitly taking and critiquing the course of action as a tactic a PUA would or would not adopt based on how effective or ineffective it was. I thought it obvious, but looking back I see I should have made an explicit mention of PUA in the comment.