I think the point is that women are clearly optimizing way harder for female approval of their looks than they are male approval.
This article is pretty wild to read in this context. I think it has some Hell Realm memetic code embedded in it, & LW is kind of awful at navigating Hell Realm memetics, so I kinda hesitate to point at it here… but with that caveat: it’s just fascinating that here’s an article spelling out how to maximally appeal to the male gaze, focused on some sincere attempts at data, and the apparent female reaction is disgust and eyerolling and attempts to censor?
(It’s possible that the female reaction is actually to Hell Realm code, not so much to the optimize-for-male-gaze thing. I bet that’s at least a factor. But it’s still interesting that the rejection shows up this way!)
I think the point is that women are clearly optimizing way harder for female approval of their looks than they are male approval.
This article is pretty wild to read in this context. I think it has some Hell Realm memetic code embedded in it, & LW is kind of awful at navigating Hell Realm memetics, so I kinda hesitate to point at it here… but with that caveat: it’s just fascinating that here’s an article spelling out how to maximally appeal to the male gaze, focused on some sincere attempts at data, and the apparent female reaction is disgust and eyerolling and attempts to censor?
(It’s possible that the female reaction is actually to Hell Realm code, not so much to the optimize-for-male-gaze thing. I bet that’s at least a factor. But it’s still interesting that the rejection shows up this way!)
Seconding recommendation of the linked article both for its own sake and due to its relevance to this discussion.