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That's actually one of the methods to achieve the goal of gender equality and the liberation of women from restrictive gender roles.

If those goals were ever achieved, the need to make those societal changes would vanish.



Anyway, how is that relevant to my original comment?


Because not being bothered by men is tangential to gender equality and the liberation of women from restrictive gender roles. The original comment confuses the goals of feminism.


Weird. I see things like objectification, catcalling, sexual harassment, rape, etc. being discussed a lot in feminist spaces.


Do we have any reason to believe that men using AI as a substitute girlfriend are less likely to do these sorts of things?


> Do we have any reason to believe that men using AI as a substitute girlfriend are less likely to do these sorts of things?

Yes, because on aggregate, it entirely eliminates intimate partner violence from this group.


Intimate partner violence is committed only by men who have a partner, so that’s one thing it wouldn’t help with.


You're assuming that only men who couldn't get a partner would be lured away by these AI girlfriends. This assumption is incorrect, thus my original argument stands.


If we assume that the AI is convincing enough to satisfy at least some of them (which is probably not the case currently, but may be in the future), then of course.


It sounds like you're trying to say feminism is primarily about those things. Is that right?


No. They’re just some of the many things that modern feminism is about.




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