I get what you’re saying. I also think society is too sensitive about nudity in general. I’m certainly not saying men should be fined for not wearing a shirt, it’s just my perspective. At the beach or pool is normal, but not just out on the street. Anyway I was only trying to say I don’t think stardards between men and women are so different in this particular case. Well I mean standards are definitely different, but (laws aside) not black and white different.

For what it’s worth I think it’s kinda weird for other guys to not wear a shirt in public, like dude what are you doing, put your shirt on.

When people start talking about why they deleted instagram etc because of all the ads and time wasting, I tell them I’m using / posting on Pixelfed etc because it’s community owned, no ads, no brainwashing. That gets them interested but not enough to go and figure out what an instance is.

It’s obvioulsy dated. It’s advice comes off as trying too hard today (maybe that was true when it was written too). But I think it’s helpful. I read it because it was there on the bookshelf, but maybe other books would’ve helped me more. ‘Supercommunicators’ was way more valuable, but I’d say covers a deeper level of social skills, ‘How to Make Friends…’ coveres the basics better.