• JayJay@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Emotions are inherently irrational. Deal with it. Trauma is inherently irrational. You’re cherry-picking the part of the paragraph that you think makes the other argument seem absurd. If anyone here’s the irrational one, it’s you.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        So you’re saying women are too stupid to act rationally? Come on, man. Women are intelligent people. They don’t get a pass if they do something stupid, they’re not helpless kittens, they have agency. They are not slaves to emotion.

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      6 months ago

      A significant portion of women have either been sexually assaulted or harassed. Being wary of men (especially strange men in the hypothetical vulnerable situation) makes perfect rational sense.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        No, actually, that’s not rational at all. That’s textbook irrationality. That’s feelings, not thought.