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[–]purrfect 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Absolutely spot on. I remember that tweet and the replies calling him out for his, let's face it, typical male framing, that women exist to service men. I like Blanchard and I don't think he intended any harm, but I'm glad he got that response, because he now knows he has been using women as treatment without our consent.

  • "What about my vulnerable patients?"
  • "We are humans, we weren't asked, we weren't informed about the consequences, we didn't consent. Find another way."

[–]MarkTwainiac 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I agree that Blanchard doesn't seem to mean any harm. But by turning a blind eye to the ways the grown men he sympathizes with and tried to help in therapy actually impact others - girls and women especially, but also boys and younger men - he unfortunately has done harm. Dunno if the pushback he's gotten from women has opened his eyes. If he sees women at all now, I fear he still sees us as public conveniences, listening/leaning posts and human shields for the males he's devoted his professional life to studying and trying to help.