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This is frankly Wellness-Wednesday adjacent.
Does anyone else remember when the internet was full of Women (capitalization intentional) complaining that men hit on them? My perception as a guy in the early 2010s was that the list of places/contexts where you weren't "allowed" to speak to a woman was growing every day. It started with the gym/bus/grocery store, but then came to encompass every possible social context where men and women might come into contact with eachother. It reached a point where I was expecting to see an article titled "We Need To Talk About The Serious Problem of Women being Flirted With at Singles Events."
It's just that, now in the current year, I can't seem to actually find any solid examples; aren't all these important feminist essays archived somewhere? I remember them being inescapable.
Here's a pithy summary: When I hear women complaining that men don't approach them in public anymore, I want to link a 2010s feminism article and say "This is why." But...where are the articles? Did I imagine them?
I remember there being a ton of anti-PUA articles in that time period. Here is one about it being problematic to approach women at the mall if you are using 'PUA' tactics:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-swarm-of-pick-up-artists-tried-to-invade-torontos-eaton-centre/
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