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Chum

This may be tough subject matter for some people, but if this forum is truely interested in all aspects of cutlery, then shouldn't this avenue of thought be explored given the evidence?

It is not the case that discussing the negative aspects of people isn't a topic which in general isn't of value, it simply isn't going to be discussed here in that manner. There are a number of reasons for it :-it exposes me to claims of libel-in general people can not make such discussions in an unbiased manner-it almost never allows a productive counter argumentand critically, it is impossible to know anything, all that comes out are assertions/rumors and innuendo. It is not possible to take one aspect of a persons character and make an actual accurate determination of the nature of that persons character. To do so is to abandon behavioral science to such an extent that it would be equivalent to someone defending that they don't over heat their knives in grinding because their father was a bigfoot and thus genetically he has a much more sensitive feeling of high and low temperatures as Bigfoot don't wear coats.Now if you want to explore the topic in a meaningful manner by :-looking at general patterns of purchasing-actual published literatureand coming to generalized conclusions which are justified then that would be a welcome subject.--In regards to penis envy, Freud's theories are development of sexuality and his very modal view of men and women in that regard are no longer widely accepted, mainly because of the extreme views he had on women which had their behavior rooted in the fact they feel they are deeply inferior to men and end up resenting because of it. The stage of penis envy is when women realize they don't have a penis, realize this makes them inferior to men and blaming their mother move away from attachment to them. This viewpoint of Freud is strongly present in much of his writing "Women oppose change, receive passively, and add nothing of their own." He opposed the emancipation of women who he felt were dominated by their role as reproductive functionality.Are the women (and men) who have penis envy, probably - there are women (and men) who have envy of everything you can think on including who has the biggest My Little Pony collection. Trying to determine if this envy exists to such an extent it actually exists from indirect behaviors is very difficult and near impossible from just watching a video or even looking at one habit of a person in some detail as you have to look at multiple aspects of the individuals life -and- be actually trained in behavioral science in order to interpret it.My brother for example has a severe dislike for Mike's knives, he reacts to them all in much the same way calling them "Sinbad" knives which he has extreme disdain for. However jumping from that behavior to the fact he has some kind of "homophobia" possibly towards pirates is simply not justified. Now it might be of interest of someone to try to figure out why he reacts to that shape with the same very strong and consistent reaction, but in order to do it and com to a justified conclusion you have to do a LOT more work and study.