It's probably true that there are as many idiosyncratic motives as there are people. But I believe that there are dominant themes in that set of motives. Which begs the question how you know what someone's motives are, including yourself.
---- Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Feb 15, 2018 7:45 AM, "glen" <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > No. I'm saying that you are artificially discretizing the motivation of > the women (and men) at the GG. > > On February 14, 2018 5:43:08 PM PST, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >I think you're saying that your motivation for exposing skin is > >different from that of the women on the Golden Globes program, which > >seems correct to me. > > > >Frank > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of u?l? ? > >Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:46 PM > >To: FriAM > >Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the pseudoscience of evolutionary psychology? > > > >Your questions seem to assume that the only reason to expose one's body > >is to be desired. I know that *I* don't wear shorts in the summer so > >that I'll be desired by the women (or men) in my neighborhood. 8^) One > >reason I try to expose my arms even when I'm cold is in order to > >increase my cold tolerance. It has nothing to do with being desired. > > > > > >On 02/14/2018 03:27 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > >> This is not particularly relevant to Dave's essay but was stimulated > >by his questions about physical attraction between genders. I was > >puzzled while watching the Golden Globes (for a few minutes) by the > >apparent conflict between the themes of "Me Too" and "Time's Up"(?) and > >the very provocative display of women's bodies. I wonder if Jacques > >Lacan's insight that "Man's desire is the desire of the other" is > >relevant. In this case: women want to be desired but not to be > >possessed or seduced. Note that their bodies are on display to > >who-knows-how-many strangers. A warm, affectionate relationship with > >that number of men is not possible. On the other hand, maybe it's a > >question of asserting alphaness among women. I don't presume to know > >whether either speculation is the case. > > > > > >-- > >☣ uǝlƃ > > > >============================================================ > >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > >http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > >FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > > >============================================================ > >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > >FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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