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Women of Lemmy, do you mind being called cute? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Or do you prefer other adjectives? Do you consider it to be insulting or do you take it for a compliment if it was meant as one? (Assume an amenable relationship between the two people, not a random stranger or creeper)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The most important thing I ever realized, if I want to compliment a woman, you never compliment her on her features, you compliment her on her choices. "Hey you look cute" is automatically going to put her hackles up. "Hey, I really like your dress" is a neutral statement you can make that doesn't make you a danger. Which is what most women view men as after a lifetime of being treated as prey.

Source: three daughters

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

"Never" seems a little excessive, it's more contextually sensitive though obviously.