Your questions seem to assume that the only reason to expose one's body is to be desired. I know that *I* don't wear shorts in the summer so that I'll be desired by the women (or men) in my neighborhood. 8^) One reason I try to expose my arms even when I'm cold is in order to increase my cold tolerance. It has nothing to do with being desired.
On 02/14/2018 03:27 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > This is not particularly relevant to Dave's essay but was stimulated by his > questions about physical attraction between genders. I was puzzled while > watching the Golden Globes (for a few minutes) by the apparent conflict > between the themes of "Me Too" and "Time's Up"(?) and the very provocative > display of women's bodies. I wonder if Jacques Lacan's insight that "Man's > desire is the desire of the other" is relevant. In this case: women want to > be desired but not to be possessed or seduced. Note that their bodies are on > display to who-knows-how-many strangers. A warm, affectionate relationship > with that number of men is not possible. On the other hand, maybe it's a > question of asserting alphaness among women. I don't presume to know whether > either speculation is the case. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
