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How's your 'sexual market value'? :D

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Echobelly · 14/09/2018 21:19

Variously entertained and disgusted by tweets people are sharing of MRA/PUA types going on about women's 'sexual market value'. Apparently as women, our 'SMV' starts waning in our mid 20s and is gone by 35! Whereas men can keep it until they're older by being rich and successful.

Funny how none of them consider that some of us might be quite happy to not be seen as a fuckable commodity, and that we don't necessarily base out self worth around how shaggable men think we are.

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madeoficecream · 14/09/2018 21:33

well thats just pure bollocks and offensive to both men and women....

Its so so so subjective what an individual person finds attractive in someone else.
I cannot fathom how women arent swooning right left and centre over my husband lol but actually he is not all of my friends cup of tea at all.
Equally i am left cold by some of the choices my friends make.

Men also are attracted to individual women, not some random standard! Age has nothing to do with it.

I think the beauty industry would collapse if too many women realised this though!

IfNotNowThenWhen1 · 14/09/2018 21:33

It's all bollocks anyway. Of course you are prettier when young, but you can be sexy until you're old.
What's very very not sexy is insecure overgrown boys who try and make women feel worthless because they can't get one to shag them. It's a bit tragic really

Toddleoo · 14/09/2018 21:32

Disgusting - I suppose that means no woman over 35 ever gets raped as they're worthless sexually? Sadly the stats bear out that some men see women as a sexual commodity regardless of age, only the fuckers want us to compete over who is most valuable and beg them to be attracted to us.

Will tell DH I'm officially one year too old to be sexy and he'll have to look after himself from now on, not to stealth boast but there will be tears.

AncientLights · 14/09/2018 21:27

And older men are only of value if they are rich and successful. The rest of them - icky yucky, wouldn't want to have them anywhere near me thanks. I am as straight as 6 o'clock so far anyway, but I think older women are generally so much more attractive than older men.

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Echobelly · 14/09/2018 21:26

It's both hilarious and tragic that there's all these guys who think any sexually mature woman's life revolves around pleasing men. It's like 'Excuse me chaps, we don't actually have to do that anymore, cheerio!'

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Prawnofthepatriarchy · 14/09/2018 21:26

I haven't the faintest interest in how that type of man rates me. I'm interested in mature adults who don't value women on their sex toy properties.

My DH said men like that just can't handle an equal. They need women who know little about life to dominate and impress. Pathetic man babies.

I'm with Agatha Christie, who said you should marry an archaeologist as the older you got the more interesting he found you.

FanWithoutAGuard · 14/09/2018 21:24

ROFL. I'm just 40. I'm keeping mine by being rich and successful too personally...

Although I don't need it, because I have a DP who is rich and successful, and if he ever pops his clogs, I'm rich and successful, and can't see the point in another bloke..

  • Rich as in own a house, will retire in the next 5 years on a modest income. Successful in that I have two lovely kids, have lived all over the world, and can walk into another job if I need one, no hassle.