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hyporational comments on Open thread, September 15-21, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 September 2014 04:00:06PM 5 points [-]

how many male companions they've had.

For hetero males the usual term for male companions is "close friends". I bet the great majority have some.

But go ask some hetero women whether they think sex and companionship are well-separable :-/

Comment author: hyporational 17 September 2014 04:07:33PM *  2 points [-]

In Finnish the connotations of "companion" are more obviously sexual I see, at least in my circles.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 September 2014 04:16:24PM 3 points [-]

It's probably a language issue, in standard English the word "companion" has no sexual overtones.

More to the point, this subthread is explicitly about separating sex from companionship.