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by illuminate 4835 days ago
"women have already gotten a raw deal by being socialised to find sex uncomfortable"

The counter to this is that they should be made more comfortable by not ~forcing~ them to pretend to be comfortable with awkward conversations in professional situations. Some things aren't as progressive as you imagine.

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How is that a counter? It follows directly!
Right, but plenty are attempting to sidestep this comfort level and any contextualization, demanding that women enjoy lame dick jokes for the comfort of the men around them.
that's exactly what i was trying to say. the thing to do is notice the context that leads women to disproportionately find sex jokes uncomfortable, not to conclude that "women are different from men and therefore..."