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> The thing that the commenters on social media are leaving out is that the advice was taken from a section in the guide offering advice on what to do AFTER a man has met a cute girl, gotten her phone number, gone on dates, spent time getting to know her, and now are alone behind closed doors fooling around. If "Don't wait for signs, make the first move" promotes sexual assault, then "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid was a song about rape.

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Sorry, but if you're using a Disney film as an example of a good portrayal of women, you've already lost.


Ummmm... wut?

I'm not using a Disney film as an example of a good portrayal of women, and neither is the author of the seduction book.

The implication is that the Disney movie, made and marketed for children, has a song called "Kiss the girl" which is about as rape-y as the advice in the seduction manual. Which is to say not at all.


The whole premise of The Little Mermaid is paternalistic and problematic.


Oh my god. Really?

Guess you better go tell a bunch of little girls that they aren't allowed to like whatever their favorite female Disney protagonist happens to be.


Just because little girls like it, doesn't mean it isn't problematic.


So, the male computer scientist now feels qualified to tell little girls what is and isn't ok for them to like. I thought you didn't like men telling women what to do?


I was just curious about this Disney song everyone mentions. It's actually kinda' weird:

  Yes, you want her
  Look at her, you know you do
  It’s possible she wants you, too
  There is one way to ask her
  It don’t take a word
  Not a single word
  Go on and kiss the girl


RAPE CULTURE

or is it LAND CULTURE?

perhaps it is MER CULTURE??

(I haven't seen that movie in a long while.)




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