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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You are effectively saying that women are always cognizant of, or to a certain degree, afraid of, being assaulted or pressured during any sexual or flirtatious encounter.
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I don't think that's what he is saying. I think he's saying we're not cognizant of it all the time because we've learned to deal with it and it's in our subconscious, but we can bring those tools forth from our subconscious if we need to. I don't know whether I agree with him, but I think that's what he's saying - at least that is how I read his response to my post.
I think if he was saying that TO feels like a woman, then TO
would know how to deal with the situation. I think what Atticus is saying is that TO is not like a woman because he hasn't picked up the tools to deal with sexual fear during his life.
Correct me if I am wrong, Atticus.
I think its a probably combination of gross-out, fear and ignorance myself that makes someone homophobic.
