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	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the [[Moral_panic\|#MeToo movement]], including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the [[Moral_panic\|#MeToo movement]], including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:
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	''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]		Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree. [...]

	''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''		[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.
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	In a 2023 interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that [[Research:_Youth_sexuality\|sexually agentic]] 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:		In a 2023 interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that [[Research:_Youth_sexuality\|sexually agentic]] 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:

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	''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>		There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.</blockquote>

	"It’s not true," Power states, that the [[age of consent]] is 18 in "most other countries." "The problem," she argues, "is you hit, sort of, reality."		"It’s not true," Power states, that the [[age of consent]] is 18 in "most other countries." "The problem," she argues, "is you hit, sort of, reality."

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	''Teenagers do tend to be very horny. And, I kept all my teenage diaries, and I wouldn’t have thought I was particularly exceptional... But they are just extraordinary, reading them back, seeing how obsessive they are. [...] What’s revealing is how that sexual feeling is so dominant.''		Teenagers do tend to be very horny. And, I kept all my teenage diaries, and I wouldn’t have thought I was particularly exceptional... But they are just extraordinary, reading them back, seeing how obsessive they are. [...] What’s revealing is how that sexual feeling is so dominant.
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	''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''		''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''
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	In a 2023 interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that sexually agentic 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:		In a 2023 interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that [[Research:_Youth_sexuality\|sexually agentic]] 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>		''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>

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	She argues that, "There’s a way in which women don't want to acknowledge that they have power," mentioning "the victim mentality" and "the feminization of institutions."		She argues that, "There’s a way in which women don't want to acknowledge that they have power," mentioning "the victim mentality" and "the feminization of institutions."


	==See also==		==See also==

	*[[Slavoj Žižek]] - The two are friends, and both featured in the documentary ''Marx Reloaded''.		*[[Slavoj Žižek]] - The two are friends, and both featured in the documentary ''Marx Reloaded''.


	==References==		==References==

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.		{{Template:Ac}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.

	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the [[Moral_panic\|#MeToo movement]], including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the [[Moral_panic\|#MeToo movement]], including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.

	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the [[Moral_panic\|#MeToo movement]], including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]		''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.

	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She ~~argued~~ that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." ~~She~~ concludes:		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argues that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." Power concludes:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]		''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.

	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She ~~wrote~~:		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She argued that "all relationships are asymmetrical."<ref>"Your boyfriend might be more sociable than you; you might have more money; he might be betterlooking; you might have a better record collection, and so on. Power imbalances are clearly everywhere – some people are beautiful, some have money, or more time, are older, or have a job. The idea that romantic relationships should be some great leveller, a great restorer of the political justice so otherwise lacking in the world, is something of a fantasy." ''Ibid''.</ref> "If we attempt to eliminate differences of ‘power’ between couples," she writes, "the only person anyone can logically end up dating is oneself." She concludes:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]		''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]

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	''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>		''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>

	"It’s not true," Power states, that the [[age of consent]] is 18 in "most other countries." "The problem is," she argues, "you hit, sort of, reality."		"It’s not true," Power states, that the [[age of consent]] is 18 in "most other countries." "The problem," she argues, "is you hit, sort of, reality."

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	''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''		''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>
	In an interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that sexually agentic 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:		In a 2023 interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that sexually agentic 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>		''There's a power in being young and attractive, and going and having sex with an older guy. [...] We're in this very uneasy moment where we don't quite know where to place ‘power.’ Either some people have it or they don't. We don't really know what it is... I mean, a beautiful young woman has lots of power. [...] She has the power to attract and seduce and manipulate – and crush men's hearts – and so on.''</blockquote>

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power '''Nina Power'''] is a British [[Feminism\|feminist]] philosopher, best known for her international bestseller ''One-Dimensional Woman'' (2009), and later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Do_Men_Want%3F_(book) ''What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents''] (2023). An expert on German and French philosophy, she has published on thinkers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Alain Badiou, but also on film, art, feminism and politics.

	In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']].		In ''What Do Men Want?'', Power wrote critically on the consequences of the #MeToo movement, including simplistic claims of [[Debate_Guide:_Power_disparity\|'power imbalances']]. She wrote:
			<blockquote>
			''Campaigns like #MeToo, for better or worse, make people think twice about what is and isn’t appropriate. They also create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety over the smallest things. We live under constant surveillance. The twenty-first century will perhaps be a time of the recorded encounter, the documented consent, the algorithmic fuck. It will become harder to lie, but also harder to be carefree.'' [...]

			''[A]t the extremes we are seeing attacks on people, famous or otherwise, for ‘power imbalances’ in their relationships. If we water down terms such as [[Sexual_Abuse\|‘abuse’]] to include any time anyone has been hurt,<ref>See also, academic discussions of 'Concept Creep'. E.g. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43865764 Frank Furedi on Concept Creep (2016)].</ref> it will be safer simply to never engage with each other again. We will be consigned to a life lived ‘safely’ online, consuming the culture various platforms deem we should watch and talking to our ‘friends’ from behind virtual glass.''
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	In an interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that sexually agentic 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:		In an interview with alternative media journalist Andrew Gold,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVN8Qb9uJbo 'The Tragic Loss of Gender Roles in Relationships - Nina Power', ''andrew gold \| heretics'' (Nov 18, 2023)]. See the segment titled ‘Russell Brand and Toxic Feminity’, especially from 41:10.</ref> Nina argues that sexually agentic 16-year-old females ''do'' in-fact have power:
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