Post Truth America will be Lonely

Why is everything related to men wanting women called “Rape Culture”? I’ve never raped anyone and I really like women. Sorry?

Everyone I know is scared to share their feelings these days — they’re scared to tell the truth — and as a result I worry that we’re going to end up living in a very lonely world.

This morning I was meeting with a colleague and he mentioned the name of a woman who works at a friend’s company and in almost a knee jerk manner I mentioned that I thought she was gorgeous. She’s attended a few of our events, but I really must admit that I don’t know her very well. She followed me on Instagram and I followed her back — she takes the most amazing selfies on a daily basis — I “like” almost all of them (too much?). My colleague immediately scolded me for objectifying her — everyone is on edge these days — we’re concerned about being called racists, misogynists, and most recently fascists.

Just a couple of years ago I recall sitting at the same coffee shop listening to the same colleague tell me how attracted he was to a woman who worked for my company — he is now engaged to her. Had he not told me about his feelings I would have never thought to introduce them and I’m fairly certain my colleague would have never connected with her had I not gone out of my way to to connect them.

So really? We can’t talk about women anymore? Is suggesting that a woman is attractive part of “rape culture”? I have a fear. A fear that Americans are becoming too PC. That we’re not going to be able to express ourselves without fear of losing our jobs and our friends. I love women. I love attractive women. I love smart women. I love aggressive women. I think they’re fun. I think they’re intriguing. I’m sorry if this offends you — but it is the truth.

What if we all just admitted the truth to one another? Would that be so bad?