we have a phrase for how to let someone know you're not attracted to them without insulting them or even diving into specifics - "You're not really my type."
2025-07-21 12:16:32
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patfromcanada :
The “but” for me is that I have & continue to encounter men who feel that if they don’t find a woman attractive, she has no value. It’s in jokes and common conversation but they don’t hear themselves. I hear it and so do other women.
2025-07-24 17:12:58
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wildrmind :
HUGE on that it's okay to have preferences, but those preferences don't exist in a vacuum and you need to do the introspection required to unpack if some "preferences" actually stem from internalized racism, fatphobia, fetishism, etc.
2025-07-21 13:25:09
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Katherine Griffith :
There is a very wide line between “I prefer x ” and “I hate x”
2025-07-21 15:28:23
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Norman :
Okay your content is always good but this is SO well put! The difference between what we prefer, how we talk about others, and unexamined cultural baggage is hard to parse but your examples are succinct and clear. I appreciate what you do!
2025-07-21 15:01:10
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we_stan_race_week :
yeah its very important to analyse where our preferences come from, like when people hate body hair
2025-07-21 16:33:50
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AceOfSerberit :
100%
preferences are ok, as long as you still treat people who don't fit into those preferences with kindness
2025-07-22 14:26:18
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Stable_Gable :
preferences are fine, requirements are not. idk why that's hard for people to understand
2025-07-22 12:17:48
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Sundamsel :
Exactly! Your preferences are your preferences. It’s when you make it others ppls problem that it’s not ok. Especially ppl that start dating someone and then try to force the other person to fit their own preferences. Pick someone that is already the person you want to date. Why would you want to try to “fix” or change them into your ideal?
2025-07-21 18:10:43
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liene 🌷 :
I honestly have such mixed feelings about this! I cant help but overthink it sometimes, like are my preferences sometimes based in discrimination? I once said I wont date a guy below my education level and got some heat for it and I wonder if that may have been kindof deserved.
2025-07-21 14:02:48
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Matt-from-the-warp :
My only issue is how people say preference, when they mean requirement. Preference means you are open to other options.
2025-07-22 00:12:26
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Justin :
A lot of folks who cant handle rejection will lash out problem is they're very loud
2025-07-23 13:34:50
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Christian Mathew :
Right you should be kind to everyone, but that doesn’t mean you’re attracted to everyone. Simple as that.
2025-07-22 14:26:27
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Catnap :
I love this video so much
2025-07-21 19:57:00
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Eagles and Beagles :
Sorry this discussion is waaaaaay too nuanced for tiktok, you're never going to get good faith discussion on it here. Good points though 🙂
2025-07-21 13:16:32
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Gabriel Burns :
I think a lot of these problems arise from the belief that the main purpose of women (or men when women do this) is to be attractive to you. This leads to viewing those who don't meet your preferences as somehow defective.
2025-07-22 03:09:52
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JAÇAN :
there's this weird disconnect where both sides just kinda dismiss what the other goes through.
2025-07-22 13:31:40
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Jocelyn :
As soon as you bring shame into your preferences, it becomes something much worse
2025-07-22 03:03:54
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Oz | Like the Wizard :
I love you can break these down in a very kind easy to understand and non toxic way.
2025-07-21 23:21:05
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SilliestGoose🇵🇸🍉 :
is that a limoncello LaCroix?
2025-07-22 11:52:40
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footnote¹¹ :
I'm not easily attract*ive* to other people 😐
2025-07-22 06:24:38
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Sarah :
Thank you
2025-07-21 11:48:38
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Brody Keller :
I'm a tall guy who prefers tall women. Tall women tend to say those types of things about short men, like I'm supposed to be in on the joke. I don't stay long around those people.
2025-07-21 13:44:04
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