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I just had a metaphorical argument with my philosophy prof about polyamory.
He equated it to quantity over quality and so the argument is that the polyamorous lover would rather eat 12 hot dogs for dinner rather than a well cooked steak dinner.
I think this was the first time he's had a student ask "But you're still goign to get tired of eating steak dinner every night. What if you could have steak dinner some nights, chicken cordon bleu on other nights and a good glazed ham on others. You would appreciate the other meals more when you had them wouldn't you?"
To which he replied "That's not what the author is saying"
I'm really sick of him using that answer rather than arguing a line of logic.
He equated it to quantity over quality and so the argument is that the polyamorous lover would rather eat 12 hot dogs for dinner rather than a well cooked steak dinner.
I think this was the first time he's had a student ask "But you're still goign to get tired of eating steak dinner every night. What if you could have steak dinner some nights, chicken cordon bleu on other nights and a good glazed ham on others. You would appreciate the other meals more when you had them wouldn't you?"
To which he replied "That's not what the author is saying"
I'm really sick of him using that answer rather than arguing a line of logic.
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> professor say [...] that research states that all women who do BDSM do
> it because they were abused in the past.
Research that gave results along those lines honestly wouldn't surprise me. I mean, gee, people who were abused might be attracted to a subculture and a practice which promotes figuring out what the hell you want before you start on a session, generally doesn't fault you for your kinks and hang-ups, and embraces the idea that if you start not liking what's going on you can use a safeword and the bad things stop happening? I honestly cannot say I'd be surprised, and I fail to see this as an inherently bad thing.
Mind you, I'm getting the impression that's not the spin your prof put on it.