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Comment author: wedrifid 09 April 2011 07:15:13AM *  1 point [-]

It seems to me that the entire PUA community has quietly decided that equal footing in courtship is not only hopelessly naive, but dangerously delusional.

Many would say that equal footing in courtship is not the default and that disadvantage is not something they need to settle for.

Maybe it's, just, well... hard. A lot of worthwhile things are.

That they are willing to spend long hours of practice at creating their social skills suggests that they both acknowledge the difficulty and expect the experience to be worthwhile.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2011 07:17:39AM *  0 points [-]

Many would say that equal footing in courtship is not the default and disadvantage is not something they need to settle for.

Not shooting for equal footing is settling. Unless they are more motivated by winning, in which case, it's a category error on my part.

EDIT: I just want to point out that, in this discussion with you, I'm simultaneously motivated by a desire to win and a desire to have the most accurate understanding of the world. But, I bet you know which one I'm more motivated by. And more importantly, why.

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