Endless Ends

[barefootgirl69]

The ethics of fantasizing.

But, what about relationships that haven't ended on those terms? What are the ethics of fantasizing about someone who might actively not want to be . . . an object of affection?

There are ethics of fantasizing?

I don't think we can dictate who fantasizes about us (just don't send me tributes or proof!).

In my world, once I'm done, I'm done. You're an ex for a reason, no matter what the reason is. I'm not going to rehearse it and get bogged down in what could have been or should be. I'll be focusing on what's ahead and open to whatever fantasies come my way through meeting new people.

 

[Endless_Night]

I think politics, consumerism and mass media are mostly to blame. Money basically, which equals power.

If you take pre-1950’s literature as your baseline for “intellectual being a requirement of manhood”, who was producing most of it and writing it and who were they writing for?

But suddenly post 1950, the number of households with television shot up. Still, most adults and children had grown up reading the same books you’re reading now. So same expectations for a man to have had a classical education and therefore would be an intellectual (we’ll leave out posh entitled idiots for the time being).

As the generations move forward, more and more households have access to mass media, which gives advertising and huge new market. A common trope in media is the resentment of the poor man towards the intellectuals. So advertising and the type of media to appeal to the biggest market gradually capitalized on that resentment. The rise of the glorified poor idiot with no education but huge muscles.

Look at our education systems for the last 75 years. Smart kids get picked on, boy cries? What a little faggot. It’s not new though. It’s just been utilized to generate sales.

Here end’s my TED talk: Economics can explain changes in societal norms.

This is genius.

Technology + Economics = shifting societal norms.

 

[Endless_Night]

There are ethics of fantasizing?

I don't think we can dictate who fantasizes about us -

Nope. Only about what feels ethical to ourselves governing our own behavior.

(just don't send me tributes or proof!).

Eww. Eww, eww.

In my world, once I'm done, I'm done.

This seems to be the most common take so far.