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I didn't hear a fat acceptance agenda being promoted.
I thought part of what was worthwhile about the conversation between Louie and the woman was there was a discussion happening about appetites: what people consume, desire, and why. I thought the woman was pretty up front about where she was coming from. Nor was she asking for pity or acceptance. I think the woman saw that Louie had the ability to see people for who they are...complicated, not only "one thing."
We live in a society that, in part, manufactures and sells "food" that's addictive, unwholesome, and unhealthy. People can "consume" lots of "food" and still be starved, want more. What do people want? To be loved. Happy. Needed. To care for others. Friendship. Relationship. The woman was really honest about that. To that end, I thought the implied (?) question asked about Louie's appetites concerning women, connection, and dating was great.
In my opinion, many men are served a constant "diet" of sexual fare that can:
--create a dull, desensitized, sexual "palate" --strip them of the ability to experience a wide range of satisfying sexual experiences --objectify women as "things" which serve as an extension of a man's power, prowess, success
The end result? "Starved" men who crave unhealthy garbage, who find it difficult to recognize, *want*, value, or feel the gift of real, fully satisfying, human intimacy and connection.
Attraction, of course, is subjective and can be a mystery. But some of the "fare" fed to the male viewing public (which is presented as some sort of objective standard) is boring and predictable, yet served as the best exciting must-have, desirable, thing ever. Of course, that encourages unrealistic expectations and desires that men continually indulge in that make them *unhappy*. Louie almost stood there and didn't see a really good thing.
Eventually, men can choose to grow up, heal, and face real life. Or not. If they don't want to, there's all kinds of things out there which can be abused, which gladly oblige and rob men blind of their money, time, and dignity. After a while, I imagine exploitation and meeting broken "hot" women who are navigating the same inhumane "world" is a bummer. Self-induced heartbreak isn't fun, and so I think some men actually realistically re-asses what they want and why.
I saw Louie doing that in the episode.
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