Nothing funny about this at all. Ever since we came down from the trees, even before we could be called human, the tribes that would become mankind had a social order that ensured that if a female was liked by the powerful alpha male of the tribe, she would be taken care of and her children would survive. If she fell afoul of the leader, she and her children would face an uncertain (and probably short) future. The women who understood this survived and the ones who didn't died off, leaving a Darwinian predilection for powerful alpha males. This has been hardwired into the female brain over thousands of generations from before Atlantis, even before Lemuria and back into the distant recesses of time. Women gain status from the men they are with. The more outrageous and dominant he is, the better her chances of advancement, survival and ease.
There is nothing in the history of women that militates against this view. Feminism doesn't address it because it makes women look weak, so feminists pretend this doesn't exist.
Sorry but that's Stefan Molyneux style nonsense and a misconception that I think needs to be dealt with as it is pitting lots of young men and women against each other.
Fact is that yes we are animals, but we have changed since we were cavemen. I don't get why people always use that "it's in our nature" argument for anything as though there is some set law in nature. The whole point of evolution is that species change and adapt and can do so in a short space of time. Human behaviour has clearly changed in the last several thousand years alone. Modern woman doesn't need to worry about marrying the strongest who can protect their children from wild animals. That's as outdated an evolutionary concept as having a tail to swing on a tree!
Fact is modern men and women value things like compatibility and interests, and humour when choosing a mate as those are more important in a modern environment than if a guy can brain another guy. About 99 percent of men don't even get a chance to prove they are alphas. Seriously? How is a guy who works a 9-5 office job going to prove he is an alpha? A guy who works in a shop? Even an actor on set? Also in my experience big, strong, alpha men are very rarely pin ups to women.
Tell me who was more of a pin up to girls? Vinnie Jones or David Tennant? Justin Bieber or Sylvester Stallone? Johnny Depp or Bruce Lee (I personally don't get that as I always thought Bruce Lee was hot, but that's apparently less common than Johnny Depp.) Davy Jones or Charles Atlas?
That's not to say that you don't get big alpha types like say Angel that women like. Still it's a wide spectrum.
As for the original question, with Joss who knows what went on in these affairs. I don't doubt some of them were probably young actresses hoping to get head, or groupies wanting to be with the big guy, but that is common again among both men and women.
There is quite a fascinating parallel to be drawn between Joss Whedon and John Nathan Turner, the producer of
True Doctor Who during the 80s. Like Joss he was someone the fans built up, who took more of an interest in them and who let it get to his head and became a tyrant on set. Like Joss he also shagged his way through the fans and the office staff too, however unlike Joss he was gay and it was all men, who behaved in exactly the same way the women around Joss did. IE they'd sleep with him maybe to get ahead, to be with the big guy who did their favourite show. (JNT even called the fans he shagged as
doable barkers.)
It's quite interesting that the young fanboys did the same thing as the girls, when put in that position. Fan culture is an ugly thing in some ways.
