creep — The Good Men Project

You are who you project. If you look at yourself as a weirdo with no sense of style and no ability to talk to women, you will project it. Take some time to really like who you are, and go after women who also like that guy.

Thoughts on “Creep”

Trigger warning for discussion of boundary violations, brief mention of rape. I am having Thoughts on the term “creepy.” Previous thoughts on the term creepy that I stand by can be found here, if you’re interested. My basic premises for this discussion are as follows: 1) If you’re creeped out by someone, LEAVE THE SITUATION [...]

How Not To Hit On People

This is my biggest piece of advice, and it ought to be really reassuring to a lot of awkward people. If you genuinely are kind and mean well and are interested in other people, most people can tell.

On “Creep” and “Creep-Shaming”

In this recent Jezebel article, Hugo Schwyzer discusses the insult “creep” and MRA backlash against “creep-shaming.” All quotes below are from Schwyzer’s article. Schwyzer claims that men dislike “creep” more than most insults because “[‘creep’] isn’t rooted in misogyny,” and, instead, names “how [a man] makes women feel.” It “forces men to reflect carefully about [...]

Creep

Trigger warning for discussion of boundary violations. Once again, I’m pondering the definition of “creep” and the creation of a Reasonable Person Standard… (Obvious Disclaimer, again: if you ever feel creeped out by a situation, the first thing to do is to get out of the creepy situation through whatever means you find necessary. Sometimes creepy [...]

Thinking About "Creep"

Mod Note: The topic of this post is problems with the term “creep,” using “creep” in a non-gendered manner and creating a reasonable person standard for creepiness. The topic of this post is not feminism. Please take anything about feminism to the Open Thread. There has been a lot of thought in the gendersphere about the word “creep.” I [...]

Schrodinger’s Rapist: Yes, We Have To Talk About This Again

August 17, 2011 By ozyfrantz

Trigger warning for discussion of rape and abuse. Schrodinger’s Rapist is not about “all men are rapists.” It is not even about “all men are potential rapists.” All men are, in fact, potential rapists, in much the same sense as all women are potential rapists, and all brunettes are potential rapists. All people are potential [...]