[sleepysysadmin]

I enjoyed reading.

>A catcall isn’t just a catcall, it’s a symbol for the entire social structure around the power exchange of sex.

The traditional gender roles were well balanced. throughout recorded history there were differing cultures and different approaches but it was generally balanced; but egalitarianism since roughly the 1960s broke this balance. Economically and culturally this has been one of the best things we have done.

However, that's what broke the balance on things like catcalling. Virtually nobody is doing it anymore and that's kind of a problem. It's worse, now we have tinder and tremendous amounts of high quality porn. The women's 'thing' has drastically reduced in value. Even if we want to get back to the balance, we cannot anymore. We must now find a new balance.

>Sometimes I feel like women who are trying to end the game don’t realize that the game exists because women have the Thing, and people want the Thing and aren’t getting it.

Oh yes, those folks who want to break the game don't understand the situation at all. Worse yet, this effort is not only doomed but the effort itself will only make the game worse in their eyes.

This is the complicated part. We have moved to a new balance and I'm not sure what this balance is or will become.

[kharak]

>However, that's what broke the balance on things like catcalling. Virtually nobody is doing it anymore and that's kind of a problem.

How is not catcalling a problem?

[sleepysysadmin]

>How is not catcalling a problem?

Let me requote the article.

A catcall isn’t just a catcall, it’s a symbol for the entire social structure around the power exchange of sex. It is no longer a compliment – an acknowledgement of the desirability of their Thing – but rather an insult, a claim that they are only desirable for their Thing.

Catcalls on the street are fine, because they are 100% okay with being a one dimensional sex object to strangers.

That's what the article said on the subject. Some women see the catcall as a compliment, others dont.

This is the balance. This isn't toxic masculinity being eliminated. This is men not being interested in 'the thing' and therefore the balance shifts accordingly. Men are thusly some amount more powerful and in control.

Here's kind of a big caveat as well. There's a wall on this balance. There is a point in which there's too much risk in sex and you will never catcall. When catcalling ends, it's because we are at that wall.

Moreover, now what are the consequences of being at the wall? Negative birthrates when excluding immigration. Huge increase in open border immigration. Reversal of abortion rights is certain. Birth control will almost certainly get banned.

Obviously 'catcalling' aka free speech isn't the problem. It's just a clear canary in the coal mine.