pull attitude

質問

I'm in my late 40s, successful, and fairly attractive. I travel both domestically and internationally alone quite a bit. I try my best to cultivate a standoffish air, complete with big headphones, but that only seems to dissuade the polite guys who can take a hint. I end up getting hit on by men who are almost universally lacking in social decorum, to the point that I’m not interested in talking to them, much less letting them buy me a drink. I'm not big and I look young so it's hard to appear physically intimidating. It's very uncomfortable because no matter how polite I am they almost always pull attitude when I decline their offer. Since it happens most often when I’m traveling, sometimes we’re staying at the same hotel, sharing an exit row on the plane, or attending the same conference. I sometimes find myself hiding, checking the locks on my hotel room door, or not falling asleep on long flights. When I travel near home, I bring my German shepherds with me, which helps, but I get tired of making up imaginary boyfriends to keep these guys at bay. The two most recent instances actually involved the owners of the small hotels I was staying at—one said it was “cool” with his pregnant partner if he and I had a relationship (so completely not my thing)—and I'm too uncomfortable to go back again. The other followed me back to my cabin on a prior visit. Both places are isolated, without cell coverage.

I want to enjoy my travel and not worry about creepy men. How do I best handle these situations? I work in tech and put up with this type of treatment day in, day out, and don't really want to spend my free time dealing with it too. And please don’t think I’m being stuck-up about my appearance. This isn't about how I look. It is about how entitled these men feel for the attention of any woman alone. Short of a mail-order husband or staying home, what is your advice?

pull attitudeとmail-order husbandの意味を教えてください。よろしくお願いします

回答No.2

koncha108 · ベストアンサー

pull attitude は、文脈からして「横暴な態度を取る」かと思います。attitudeは相手と接している時の「態度」ですが、場面によって、押し付けがましい、偉そうなと言うニュアンスがつきます。pullはそれを引っ張り出す。

Short of a mail-order husbandは、その前の文章から推察する必要がありますが、前の文章で、
「how entitled these men feel for the attention of any woman alone: 一人でいるどんな女性への扱いに、これらの男たちはどう言う資格があると感じているか」。だから、short of a mail-order husband、staying home はそんな厚かましい男たちから自分のような一人でいる女性がどう見られているのかと言う視点すると、
short of a mail-order husband は、mail-order husbandを欲しているんじゃないか？と言う男どもの視点で、mail-order husbandは、ネットかなんかで手軽に調達してデートできる相手。

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回答No.1

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１。pull attitude　の意味を教えてください。

　下記では to be haughty　「お高く止まる」とか, to put on airs「気取る」と定義されています。
　https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pull+an+attitude

２。mail-order husbandの意味を教えてください。

　通販で注文する夫（mail-order bride 白人がアジアの女などをカタログで取り寄せる花嫁、のもじり、引き籠り、などで通常の求婚活動ができない男）。

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