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Sinity's avatar

> Unfortunately, shy people of the world psych themselves out about this. They don’t believe anyone could actually find them attractive. And they end up accidentally expressing a lack of interest in the people they’re talking to.

This isn't really accidental in any way. If you have a culture which pushes memes like "objectification of women bad", then either no one is going to listen to that message (in which case, why say it?), or a bunch of males (and lesbians I guess) _will_ listen, infer that perceiving women as sex objects (which is what 'attraction' is - obviously women are also human, but there's also _that_) is considered objectionable, be unable to actually alter their perception probably, but be able to suppress any possible reactions, as if they were asexual.

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Caperu_Wesperizzon's avatar

"THE TOUCH BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN!!!! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!!!!!"

If you're male and low status, and the other person is female, it means, "Watch out—you may still be accused of harassing or assaulting her, get regularly beaten up in prison for the unmanly deeds you've been accused of, and rot in there".

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