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43 Post author: lukeprog 19 March 2011 11:10PM

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Comment author: wnoise 24 March 2011 10:42:59PM 7 points [-]

The best thing the subset of women who reward men who act aggressively towards women can do is stop rewarding. Those who already don't reward it don't have "stop rewarding it" as an option.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 24 March 2011 11:24:14PM 6 points [-]

True. But they do have the option of shunning other women who reward it. Or of mentioning it as an option, when they write books about male aggression.

Comment author: Skatche 25 March 2011 03:43:35AM 4 points [-]

That women should learn to take a more assertive role in their own sexual fulfillment is one of the main themes of Yes Means Yes, and is more or less the unanimous view of mainstream feminism today.