Feminist scared by a flirt, blogs about it, Dawkins calls her out, internet explodes
08-27-2011, 06:04 PM
How would a woman from Spain, France or Italy have reacted in such a situation? She would have laughed and politely declined.
This jives with Roissy's commentary - the more alpha the men in a country, the more feminine the women behave. In the Anglosphere where men tend to be incredibly polite and deferential, the women tend to be hard and uptight. A minor indiscretion like this gets blown way out of proportion.
I recall watching an attempted pickup by some young Italian dudes spitting aggressive Mediterranean-style game ("you are very beautiful, come out with me") on some uptight American tourist girls. Hilarity ensued in watching the disaster unfold.
In the Mediterranean, men catcall, leer, whistle and honk but the women are remarkably cool about it. In fact, it's pretty rare for a woman to be travelling alone with an iPod. In North America, every young woman's got on an iPod, a massive handbag, and those huge Paris Hilton bitch shades. The vibe given is "don't you dare come near me." Seems unwarranted when American/Canadian men are incredibly meek and far more passive than the average Italian man.
This jives with Roissy's commentary - the more alpha the men in a country, the more feminine the women behave. In the Anglosphere where men tend to be incredibly polite and deferential, the women tend to be hard and uptight. A minor indiscretion like this gets blown way out of proportion.
I recall watching an attempted pickup by some young Italian dudes spitting aggressive Mediterranean-style game ("you are very beautiful, come out with me") on some uptight American tourist girls. Hilarity ensued in watching the disaster unfold.
In the Mediterranean, men catcall, leer, whistle and honk but the women are remarkably cool about it. In fact, it's pretty rare for a woman to be travelling alone with an iPod. In North America, every young woman's got on an iPod, a massive handbag, and those huge Paris Hilton bitch shades. The vibe given is "don't you dare come near me." Seems unwarranted when American/Canadian men are incredibly meek and far more passive than the average Italian man.