I suggest you actually read the books or at least the chapter these quotes were taken from and some research in the background of these women. I can tell you that the Dworkin one is taken out of context and you have to read the chapter that its taken from to know what man she is actually talking...
Yes I think you can be male and feminist, but that also means recognising your own privilege and how it effects women, and unlearning sexism and that is not as easy as it sounds. It takes a lot of self analysis and criticism.
I don't think anyone was saying that you should only have sex with someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, which is why I asked why you ask
I was talking about a personal or intimate interaction which is why you can't compare it to a job interaction. Not all interactions are the same.
To be honest if a guy was simply trying to have sex with me I probably wouldn't even know unless he sexually assaulted me or simply said "come home...
I think you have the right to do whatever you think you need to, to remain safe and have soundness of mind based on your experiences, no one should put you down or even question you about it.
First of all having sex with someone for free is NOT a job, it's not a requirement. We expect a taxi driver to be a taxi driver because that is his job and he earns money to pick someone up and drop them off, it's not a personal or intimate interraction!
It's the same way I would be offended if...
I have no problem with someone thinking I am sexy in their head. I know I'm sexy ;)
If someone tries to have sex with me just because of what I look like that's a different story, I take offence because I've heard how guys talk about women, if a woman is sexually out there and expressive with...
I don't care if you wouldn't be offended and find it ridiculous. I'm saying I would be offended, and wouldn't want someone to benefit from my sexuality if I wouldn't even like them as a person.
Also if a guy just wants to have sex with me and done, finish that's it, purely because of what I look like, then yeah I take offence to that because he doesn't recognise me as a full human being.
The main problem is 1)how it's done and 2)where its done
If a woman is standing at the bus stop for example waiting for a bus thats not the time to ask her "can I have your number?" "No" "but I like you init":facepalm:
I'm not saying its acceptable or unacceptable, I'm saying they probably discriminated because most of their staff were white men so they had to meet equal opportunity legalities and so discriminated against you at that time. I'm saying being a white man is not a disadvantage.