Anwar White explains why men view women as objects of desire: men primarily seek sex while women seek love. She advises setting boundaries based on what people say and do, and notes that historical and cultural coding shapes how this plays out differently for different women.
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Liana said, how do I block myself from the attention of American white men who view me as an object of desire?
Well, I'm sorry to disrupt your pattern of thinking, but all men will look at you as an object of desire because men are looking for sex and fall in love along the way, and women are looking for love and have sex along the way. So I want you to understand it just feels probably very different because there it's very coded, and there's a lot of historical context around that. So. But please understand, if you think that black men are not viewing you as an object of desire, you got another thing coming, girl. So am I saying that it's good? I'm saying it's part of dating. And it is important for you to set boundaries based on what they say and what they do.