>>18811Of course people can be psychologically manipulated into going against their best interests. Look at crypto, personality-based political movements, prosperity gospel, or any organized religion for that matter. I'd bet the people in prison in my country were basically hanging out with the wrong friends and got pulled into something they wouldn't have done otherwise. My point was that it's infantilizing, patronizing, and downright dangerous on a civil rights level to assume women are not responsible enough to make their own choices regarding their bodies — that women need protection. Basically I believe in erring on the side of personal choice, barring (as I said) the threat of violence, blackmail, or if the woman is (proven) non compos mentis.
I also don't see why a woman with a legit feedee fetish is "valid" while a woman who gains excessive weight to please a man is a victim. Women do all kinds of things to please men, and vice-versa, it's inherent in our sexuality. In fact a woman who wants to blow herself up to 700+ pounds is by rational definition nuts, no?
When it comes to abuse, it's one-sided (men beating women) because of hormonal differences and basic biological dynamics, but there's a societal/cultural factor as well — that women are conditioned (subtly or overtly) to believe they are required to accept, and maybe deserve, a certain amount of abuse and manipulation as part of their role. To counter this, I believe women need to feel as empowered as possible so they can back out of abusive situations. I don't believe thinking of women as incapable of making decisions, about their bodies or anything else, does that.
