Thanks for this, saw you comment with 2 minutes to spare. I thought Marloes was great, though that might be because I'm a Brit so I support anyone who's taking on the yanks!

#trollpatrol

That looks absolutely exhausting...

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Oh yeah. As soon as I know a woman is completely unavailable to me I feel a lot more free to be myself and even flirt a little bit, which normally I just wouldn't do.

So does anyone else get crushes on people and think to themselves that the object of their crush is literally "the most beautiful person in the world"? When I realised I'd started doing this I took articles like these less seriously (though as a man this wasn't much of an issue in the first place).

I always find these kinds of articles boost my self-confidence right up till they inevitably get to this bit: "Confidence. Self-assuredness. Agency. Knowing who you are. "

""maximum uncertainty" — potential criminals won't be able to attack if they don't know if anyone around them is armed"

I've ejaculated without an orgasm. I could still feel that I was ejaculating, but there was no orgasmic sensation, so it wasn't very intense at all, just like a tightening feeling. Frustrating to say the least, when you have to wait for a while to go again if you want a proper orgasm. It was during masturbation…

So here in Britain there's a charity involved in preventing child-marriage and FGM who were looking for volunteers to do admin work. I have had their email address bookmarked for a couple of months now, but I'm just not sure if it's appropriate for me to offer my help since I'm male, and I know they will work with a…

Based on reading half the blurb of a textbook on Kant, protecting self-determination as a right sometimes requires sacrificing the self-determination of those who would remove it from others. After I read that much I realised I had enough for internet arguments and stopped reading.

You experiences sound absolutely awful and I've never experienced anything like that, but are we talking about the same thing? The way these women were reacting to me seemed more like nervousness, or waryness, rather than the dismisal or nastyness you describe. Other guys writing in the comments undoubtedly are…

That makes sense, and it is a shame. I usually hold off on bringing up my own issues in this area because I know how close it can come to putting the blame on women and saying men are the true victims. It's unfortunate that most MRA sites go down that route, I end up using feminist blogs instead!

"amid an institution rocked by sex abuse scandals, the nuns have maintained the integrity of their order."

Thanks, that actually makes sense, I hadn't thought of it that way before.

Haha, well that anecdote does put things in perspective. "Less creepy than a nazi" is a pretty low bar though!

The insomnia and "funk" were being addressed in a minor way by therapy until recently, but I stopped going due to realising (and talking to a friend who is a trained therapist) that my therapist was actually engaging in some of the behaviour which was triggering my anxiety in the first place. Anyway, I might have to…

The analogy about dogs works well I think. I remember hearing a woman who suffered from paranoia talking about how she felt like people were always looking at her, but when medicated she knew they probably were looking at her because she was throwing nervous glances at people around her constantly.

I was trying to be aware of what I was saying in context of the article and other comments, but I probably could have done more to express that I don't feel like I'm being "creep-shamed". Honestly I think I'd just been experiencing some of these feelings of insecurity that day and needed to express them. Jezebel is…

I've only been recoiled from once, and there was a gasp that accompanied it. I actually looked back to see if there was something scary behind me! I didn't take it personally because it was late at night on a deserted road. The only insulting part was that she looked back at me then recoiled, so it didn't feel like…