Umm, well let’s just say that if the first one is sloppy, then this one is messy as well.
If the second person came to the same conclusion the first person was trying to say as you state in your second paragraph then how can it be projection? It would be reflection, a mirroring, not an attempt to force perspective. Secondly, how could it be a "straw man" without the first person’s argument also being a straw man, since they are one and the same conclusion as you state in your second paragraph?
This makes no sense. I don’t know what you’re trying to say here.
Patriarchy aside, which is a related but a broader topic, the question is whether or not men are able to control themselves or not.
It’s obvious to me, most men, and most women that they can.
There is a world of difference between experiencing sexual impulse and not being able to control one’s own sexual impulse. No one is saying that men have no right to sexual impulse or should prevent themselves from feeling sexual attraction.
It’s not the same thing. If you think it is, you’re conflating.
Women feel sexual impulse as well. You can’t control the feeling, often you’re taken by surprise. It’s not as often triggered by visual stimulus; more often by scent and non threatening physical proximity. But if we act on it, it’s with flirting, not aggression or harassment. We have the same impulse, but we women don’t weaponize it and call such actions evolution.
We don’t start following a guy and demanding his number, we don’t grab him, we don’t try to manipulate, etc. We express interest and see if and how he responds. Then we go from there.
And clearly, men can control themselves. Let me ask you this. If the impulse where so overwhelming that men absolutely can’t control themselves, then why aren’t the vast majority of men dropping their pants and masturbating right then and there to relieve the impulse every time they see a pretty woman? Why do they harangue women for dates rather than try to drag her off by her hair like a caveman? Why are young men allowed anywhere near young women at all, like the Spartan barracks, if they cannot control themselves? Why are we educated together?
And here we have it. They control themselves as much as is required by social constructs. There’s nothing evolutionary about it.
My daughter raised a very interesting point. If men truly couldn’t control themselves, it would inevitably lead to the separation of the sexes. It would have to.
You should know that most men find your argument highly insulting. The ones who don’t, are predatory.
