| Over the last year or so, I have noticed a growing number of blog posts from women, articles and twitter hashtags regarding harassment from men. I read all the blog posts I saw pop up on facebook etc, and while a majority of them seemed valid (in that the behaviour of men described is clearly inappropriate) still a fair number of them described men just being direct in their intentions, pretty much running a direct game. And even though these men didn't lay a hand on the woman or anything like that, the writers of these pieces describe feeling scared, unnerved, violated etc, merely at the offer of a coffee date. And of course all these pieces have comment sections at the bottom filled with women sharing similar experiences. The impression one gets from it all is that women hate and even fear a strange mans approach. It seems as though these days the only way for a man to meet a woman is either through a warm approach or through internet dating.
I'm wondering why this is occurring. It could be because the media and especially social media is putting far too much weight on the odd cases where a man has sexually harassed a women, thus creating fear. As with all crime, the fear of crime is out of proportion to the actual crime rate. Or is it because recently we have seen a rise in feminism and the rejection of the patriarchy, resulting in a rejection of the traditional methods of courtship? Are we going to see a reemergence of indirect game and the MM style of attraction?
Personally, I very rarely use direct approach because I'm just not that very good at it, however I think it would be a terrible shame if it were to become too taboo.
Is this problem real though? Are the women who write these things and the hundreds who comment actually fearing every man who approaches them or looks at them, or are they just jumping on some bandwagon, or even a cry for attention and sympathy. Are the feelings of a small number of women being amplified to loudly? I dont know.
What's everyone's thoughts? Are their any direct game veterans who have noticed a change in dynamics?
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