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PUBLIC POLL: Do you view women as property?

PUBIC POLL: Do you view women as property?


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Not to replace the discussion in the other thread, just a public poll to get a more accurate total on the forum.
 
Not to replace the discussion in the other thread, just a public poll to get a more accurate total on the forum.

This is why I hadn't voted in the other poll.
 
Not to replace the discussion in the other thread, just a public poll to get a more accurate total on the forum.

Except for the fact that the lack of anonymity may inhibit some people from responding.
 
That says something, doesn't it?

"I think women are property, but I can't openly endorse that position because people might disapprove."

mmmhmmmm.

Then, to borrow a gender-charged term: The reason they support women as property is because they are f'ing ******s.
 
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Except for the fact that the lack of anonymity may inhibit some people from responding.

And that's okay too, because if they are that ashamed of their views they can choose to hide them. It will be somewhat telling.
 
No. But I don't consider anyone property male or female. Of course if you like that kind of relationship, cool.
 
I just don't understand why fidelity matters so much to people and why it has to be a "make or break" kinda deal.

I know that it matters to my boyfriend and I on some deep emotional level. Perhaps because the idea of infidelity is, to me, unthinkable. If I am really in love with someone, I can't really maintain an attraction to anyone else that would result in sex. Just how I'm wired. And, because of that, I want someone who is wired similarly.

But, I understand that not everyone thinks about it that way.
 
I just don't understand why fidelity matters so much to people and why it has to be a "make or break" kinda deal.

Fidelity is simply a personal expectation. I've known plenty of couples in open relationships, they got along as well as many faithful couples. However I don't think their relationships lasted as long on average. They were completely on fire while they were together but sort of burned out a bit more quickly.

I couldn't do that I don't think. When I fall in love I really fall in love. For me it's one of those things that either we are together or we are not. Otherwise it's just sex. Which is okay if that's what you're after, but I was never comfortable jumping from woman to woman. I wanted something that had some meaning. My partner has to inspire me, if she doesn't then it just doesn't work.
 
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GODDAMNIT!...Mods can you edit the poll title please?????

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/fail
 
Fidelity is simply a personal expectation. I've known plenty of couples in open relationships, they got along as well as many faithful couples. However I don't think their relationships lasted as long on average. They completely on fire whle they were together but sort of burned out a bit more quickly.

I couldn't do that I don't think. When I fall in love I really fall in love. For me it's one of those things that either we are together or we are not. Otherwise it's just sex. Which is okay if that's what you're after, but I was never comfortable jumping from woman to woman. I wanted something that had some meaning. My partner has to inspire me, if she doesn't then it just doesn't work.

I haven't noticed any difference in how long regular marriages vs. open marriages last among the ones I know. I know mine would have lasted a lot longer if my ex wasn't so traditional.

Monogamy just doesn't work for me. The sad part is that they think I stop loving them. I don't. My heart is big enough for at least two. It's not just about sex either. I don't sleep with people I have no feelings for.
 
I haven't noticed any difference in how long regular marriages vs. open marriages last among the ones I know. I know mine would have lasted a lot longer if my ex wasn't so traditional.

Monogamy just doesn't work for me. The sad part is that they think I stop loving them. I don't. My heart is big enough for at least two. It's not just about sex either. I don't sleep with people I have no feelings for.

I can dig that. Unfortunately for the guys, I bet you have a trail of broken hearts behind you. You are kinda teh sexeh you know...:mrgreen:
 
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I can dig that. Unfortunately for the guys, I bet you have a trail of broken hearts behind you. You are kinda teh sexeh you know...:mrgreen:

Why, fanks :mrgreen:

My heart got broken too. I didn't want to end some of those relationships. But I guess it was worth it, because it all led me to the person I'm with now and to no longer pretend to be something I'm not.
 
I just don't understand why fidelity matters so much to people and why it has to be a "make or break" kinda deal.

Because that's how human beings evolved. Cavemen worked hard to provide food to his family, so he wanted to be sure that he was doing so for children with his own genetic material, not someone else's. So he got jealous if he found out that his woman was sleeping with someone else. There wasn't any birth control back then.

Now, if you find a man who shares your views in infidelity, then fine, but it's unreasonable to expect a man to overcome his evolution.
 
Not to replace the discussion in the other thread, just a public poll to get a more accurate total on the forum.

Not in a legal sense, no, but imo I am reserved for my wife and she for me. In that way, a sociological and religious way, we are each other's property.
 
Because that's how human beings evolved. Cavemen worked hard to provide food to his family, so he wanted to be sure that he was doing so for children with his own genetic material, not someone else's. So he got jealous if he found out that his woman was sleeping with someone else. There wasn't any birth control back then.

Now, if you find a man who shares your views in infidelity, then fine, but it's unreasonable to expect a man to overcome his evolution.

We're a long way from the cavemen days. ;)

Also, explain this one to me then: What about the guys who expected me to be faithful, but thought it was no big deal if THEY cheated on ME?
 
We're a long way from the cavemen days. ;)

Also, explain this one to me then: What about the guys who expected me to be faithful, but thought it was no big deal if THEY cheated on ME?

They were douche bags.
 
We're a long way from the cavemen days. ;)

Also, explain this one to me then: What about the guys who expected me to be faithful, but thought it was no big deal if THEY cheated on ME?

Actually, there's a simple explanation for that: those guys are a**holes.

EDIT: Jerry beat me to it.
 
to no longer pretend to be something I'm not.

That is huge. One of the biggest things for me, when I was divorced, was the sense of relief I had when I no longer had to pretend to be something I wasn't for my ex-husband.
 
I would say that one of the problems with women today is that they don't know how to let their man own them. Women don't know what that means because feminism has replaced "protect and provide for" with "command and abuse".

On balance, however, men have forgotten how to own women, treating them like objects than valuable family members.
 
Not in a legal sense, no, but imo I am reserved for my wife and she for me. In that way, a sociological and religious way, we are each other's property.

Do you believe that your relationship with her gives you authority over her?
 
On balance, however, men have forgotten how to own women, treating them like objects than valuable family members.

For instance, many Christian men have emphasized the "men are the leaders" in the home without realizing that leadership, as discussed in the New Testament, means SERVANT leadership. You can't lead if you aren't willing to serve.

Husbands are to love their wives as Christ love the church, and laid his life down for it. A self-sacrificing love.

That is completely at odds with the idea of ownership or property as we think of it in this day/age.
 
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