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by fwungy 981 days ago
These stories surround virtually all successful straight men. Even Garrison Keillor, as mild mannered as they come, got taken down for it.

We are simultaneously told that women are equal to men, and yet we also are told there are male predators and womanizers who women need special protection against.

This dismisses women's sexual agency. Specifically that women may choose, consciously, to exploit their sexual attractiveness to get something from a man.

If women don't have agency, i.e. men can manipulate them into damaging sexual relationships which they are helpless to avoid, this posits women as less than equals to men, as men are expected to stand up for themselves when someone attempts to manipulate them.