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				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If I can speculate uncharitably here, that would put him in close proximity to a lot of young women who believe in his cause, but aren't really attracted to him personally at all.




Did you read the linked NYT article?  This does not sound like the case at all.  For instance, it quotes a letter written by one of the girls to Chavez:




But the paper trail of some of Mr. Chavez’s misconduct involving young girls can be found in the very archives built to preserve his legacy.


In one handwritten letter on girlish stationery imprinted with roses, Ms. Rojas wrote to Mr. Chavez in January 1974 at the age of 13, shifting between childlike school updates and swooning devotion. She said she wrote the letter more than a year after he first kissed and fondled her in his office in 1972, when she was a 12-year-old seventh-grader. “I’m really glad I got to see you & spend time with you, well not like that, but just to know I was near you was enough,” she wrote, adding, “I think of you all of the time. Do you think of me?”




And the article ends with




Looking back on it now, Ms. Rojas said she believed then that Mr. Chavez wanted her to be a real part of his life. He would tell her that they would move together someday to Mexico. He told her to stay away from other boys because he’d get jealous. He told her that the Flamingos song, “I Only Have Eyes for You,” was their song, and that every time she heard it she should “just remember that I love you.”


“I had love for him,” Ms. Rojas said. “He did his grooming very well. He should get an Academy Award for all he did.”




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For one, women are not legally allowed to register with selective service.  The feminist "equal rights" take on the situation is certainly something:




This lawsuit is vitally important to all women in America because a similar lawsuit is now pending in California, but it was filed by a man who claims that the Selective Service law discriminates against men. We take a slightly different view, and argue that the Selective Service law denies women equal treatment under the law. The difference is important.  The California case is about discrimination against men.  Our case is about equal rights for women.


The case in California (Valame v Biden) was filed by a man who asserts only one claim – that his rights under the Equal Rights Amendment have been violated because women are forbidden to register for Selective Service.  He refused to register because he is angry that women don’t have to register.


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Women, not men, should be front and center in any Supreme Court case that will determine whether women are finally fully equal citizens under the United States Constitution.  We have fought much too hard and for far too long to allow a men’s rights case to decide the legal status of women.




Interestingly, unlike in Valame v Biden, there is no mention of seeking true legal equality with men, as Equal Means Equal merely seeks the court determine that women be allowed to register unlike men who are required to and thus does not seek to have women suffer the same statutory penalties for not registering.  Nor do they even mention that aspect of legal inequality for that matter.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
When I said "similar to MadMonzer's definition", I was referring to the




    

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    more than 1000 people watch the same sermons in real-time (either in person or by videolink)
    

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definition.  I've never encountered the pejorative uses described.  That isn't to say that people don't use it perjoratively, merely that non-perjorative uses do exist and are the only ones I've personally encountered outside this forum.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The only times I've ever encountered the term IRL have been purely descriptive usages similar to MadMonzer's definition with no negative implications.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Quality Contributions Report for February 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think most instances of bullying involve both those motivations to some degree and very rarely only a single in isolation.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for February 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My wife gets bad migraines fairly regularly and she finds an icepack on the back of the neck to be the most effective relief.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Women only optimize for this "beauty standard men prefer" because they are too caught up in competing with other women in exploiting male sexual attention.  If they viewed men as partners rather than exploitable peons they wouldn't be "forced" to retain "as much of those neotenous features as possible".  Instead they impose this race to the bottom on themselves, because obviously treating men as people rather than resources is a bridge too far.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


This is why it's OK for young boys to be sex objects for gay men




And straight women...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Would you refer to your friend as a boy if you were talking about him in terms of "I know a boy who is dating a younger woman"?




Have you never heard the term "boy toy"?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I think the answer is probably some combination of firstly male role models, affirmation of masculinity, or just implicitly communicating to these boys that a man is a good thing to be, and that manhood is possible, attractive, and in reach for them;




Explicitly refuting the "men are evil" messaging pervading society and those pushing it would probably be a plus too.




Getting off the computer and doing real, physical work in the world makes you more aware of your own body. Successfully doing things with your physical body feels great and is inherently affirming.




No, it really isn't.  Maybe there are some people for whom that is true, but not everyone finds this affirming.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for February 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If the options are "Cooperate with defect bot" or "Defect against defect bot", the latter wins every time.  If you don't want that end scenario, start undoing the damage of the ones who turned every male space into a mixed space and destroyed all the checks on their harassment.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sure.  Being a celebrity doesn't guarantee it draws attention, it merely increases the likelihood that it will be, all else equal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, by definition (emphasis mine):




The state or fact of being well known, widely discussed, or publicly esteemed.




Being an elite institution is merely a way to become a celebrity, and likely in my mind the reason Duke University is.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Duke University is a celebrity because it is an elite university.  Representatives of Duke University become celebrities by proxy in their representative role, which is why they are always referred to as "member of the Duke lacrosse team" rather than individually named.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How are "people who push back against those who view women as instrumental goods/property" and never push back against those who view men as instrumental goods/property while smearing any who do as "women-hater" not deserving of the title "Women Are Wonderful" simps?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I weary of the women-haters (I don't mean you, though you seem to be giving them too much credit) who argue that the natural (and implied: correct) state of man is to treat women as property and before our modern age, no man in any civilization ever gave a shit how females felt about their treatment.




There are precious few (though admittedly not zero) women-haters here who "argue that the natural (and implied: correct) state of man is to treat women as property".  Most restrain themselves to recognizing that humans tend to view each other instrumentally by default, and that includes men viewing women instrumentally, women viewing men instrumentally, and society viewing both instrumentally.  That the non-women-haters seem to only be concerned about the former and sometimes the latter--when women are being viewed instrumentally by society--demonstrates they don't view men as humans deserving rights and view women as inherently superior to men.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, the "Duke lacrosse bros" weren't themselves celebrities, but also nobody knows or refers to them as individuals merely as pseudo-anonymous representatives of an elite University.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for February 11, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


At this point anyone not using them is resisting out of inertia. Or fear. Well placed fear, perhaps.




Or just slow at learning how to use them...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Rather, they want it to be a buffet where they can pick and choose which gender roles apply to everyone to ensure that they are always the beneficiaries and lack corresponding obligations to others in society.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Beware of mistaking a loose consensus for no consensus.  There is still a sufficient moral majority to hinder the sales potential of appealing to many sexual niches.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Not to mention men's attempts prior to "success" are significantly less likely to be recorded as such for much the same reason.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, it has high tail risks (and rewards).  I think the average expected value of blackmail is usually still positive though, particularly when supported by the legal system rather than opposed by it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


In this way, the AoC protects the sociofinancial interests of all women over it, at the expense of ... women under it (typically rationalized as "too immature", but importantly the AoC doesn't actually prohibit these women from having sex, it just makes it so that the only men they can sell sex to can't afford to buy it).




It actually also protects the interests of women under it: selective enforcement empowers women to "sell sex" at its peak and then exploit the illegality of the men's action as leverage over the those they "sell" it to.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
All else equal, buying feels worse to me because the results are the same--falsified credentials--but buying involves a conspiracy whereas lying doesn't.  Of course, all else is not equal when the lying involves one of the most prestigious universities in the world and the buying involves a known "diploma mill".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Local cops are still "government goons".  OP's principle generalizes to "the government shouldn't be permitted to enforce laws because doing so could be intimidating".