Last Lecture Series: A Feminist Defense of Friendship - Prof. Heldman and Prof. Wade

[HiAdrian]

[1] A good talk with many valuable points.

I would like to add a few criticisms.

46:55 This is an exaggeration of what is a tiny niche, and hence not a good example, same with 47:40 which is an easter-egg, not normal gameplay (which is violent enough itself).

[HiAdrian]

[2] 48:05 That is not what the term Gonzo pornography means; this false fact, like many others, gets passed on without those doing the studies actually making an effort to research the topic in question. 48:32 "Ass-to-mouth" is not the deliberate exchange of fecal matter; in fact, precautions are made to avoid this; the motive is correctly assessed tough. This can be researched without watching the material in question.

[HiAdrian]

[3] 1:05:20 Well, that's a huge price to pay. Maybe harder to appreciate for a woman with normatively lower sex drive. In both sexes there is a clear discrepancy between the brain's systems of ethics and sexual arousal. Women are offered a non-confusing role by men, which their rational self however rejects.

[HiAdrian]

[4] In trying to work their way out of this corner, they suggest that men change their sexually motivated perspective and behavior, which unfortunately appears to interfere with the polarity that allows for sexual arousal. For the two systems to be reconciled, some degree of mental flexibility may be necessary.

Both Feminism and the gender roles it opposes are crude and often ill advises that cannot replace independent reasoning and introspection. The latter should be encouraged above all.