Yes, it’s a thing, as described at the Good Men Project by Andrew Smiler. “Although it can be awkward,” Smiler writes, “I recommend having at least a little conversation about gender roles — especially as they apply to dating and sex — during the first date.”
https://twitter.com/AndrewSmiler/status/421387174937112576
What about those gender roles that we seek to minimize? Smiler explains:
It’s not possible to have a completely gender neutral date. Gender, our cultural and personal notions of how people should act based on their biological sex, influences too many aspects of our behavior to be completely neutralized. In the dating context, gender roles provide an outline of how things “should” work. But in a day and age where equality is the expectation, why stick to a rigid outline based on your genitalia?
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— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) January 12, 2014
Does Andrew write for a living? MT @jamestaranto HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! http://t.co/lGcm38qbnM
— Ivan Soto (@Ivan_Soto) January 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/422455562089943040
Mother of God…RT @JonahNRO: So this is a thing. Good luck with that. The gender-minimized first date. http://t.co/oZPrliYpXN
— Neil Degrassfed Bison (@KurwaStronk) January 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/realadammalloy/status/422449690488373249
https://twitter.com/AnGiogoir/status/422722167303045120
How did we get to a place where this is a legit article? http://t.co/sTpyqkvuSS
— Rob Pierce (@RobPierceKY) January 12, 2014
Pajama Boy as gateway drug: RT @JonahNRO: So this is a thing. Good luck with that. The gender-minimized first date. http://t.co/zSWQ3inf8U
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) January 14, 2014
@jonahnro You talk healthcare on the gender minimized first date.
— Paul Demos (@UpperWSGuy) January 14, 2014
You men don’t seem to get it.
"There’s very little of starting to date someone that requires sexually dimorphic genitalia." http://t.co/N9zMydBnTa
— Nate Rethorn (@NateRethorn) January 14, 2014
Lost me at "sexually dimorphic genitalia" MT @JonahNRO: So this is a thing. The gender-minimized first date. http://t.co/jo68EVE0i9
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) January 14, 2014
Be careful out there, guys. Not all women are ready for the gender-minimized treatment.
https://twitter.com/bloodless_coup/status/422899758349692928
As single woman,NO.Just no. RT@JonahNRO: So this is a thing. Good luck with that. The gender-minimized first date. http://t.co/zzCHFONv3p…
— Kelly (@flyoverangel) January 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/FromFlatwater/status/422900971044233216
https://twitter.com/stephandstuff/status/422897498030870528
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