No. I'm saying that you are artificially discretizing the motivation of the women (and men) at the GG.
On February 14, 2018 5:43:08 PM PST, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: >I think you're saying that your motivation for exposing skin is >different from that of the women on the Golden Globes program, which >seems correct to me. > >Frank > >-----Original Message----- >From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of u?l? ? >Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:46 PM >To: FriAM >Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology? > >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 > > >============================================================ >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 -- glen ============================================================ 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
