Shin wrote:
Whaaaat!? Women use sex as much as men do, if not, more! They use sex to get what they want from a guy sometimes. Both are equal parties in this. Feminists get on my nerves
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And if women want to show their bits, let them! It's not degrading, that's rubbish
I have a couple of problems with the two comments Shin has made....
Firstly, a woman showing her boobies off in a magazine may not be degrading for her, in so much as she is fully excepting what is coming next (tits out, page 3, wahay!) but some men have difficulty distinguishing between girl in paper and girl walking down road. Not all boobies, no matter how lovely they may be, are there for staring at and not all women are comfortable with the attention that boobies do get. When a complete moron leers "nice tits" it isn't complimentary, it doesn't make you feel good and you feel generally degraded, you question yourself, are you dressed like a slut today? What could draw such comments from a complete stranger? Yes, they are easily ignored but when did it become acceptable?
Also, as I've mentioned before, I work for a building contractor and I am site based for 2 days. That's building site based....a lovely environment! It is a hard environment for a women, some blokes come in with the attitude that you can't possibly know anything about what they want and treat you like a stupid, young tea-girl. Others think that you're fair game because you're on a building site...I get all kinds of comments, a lot of sexist things and a few that are just obscene. They would never dream of speaking to my male colleagues in the same kind of way so why is it ok for them to speak to/about me like that? Senior management are the same, they're not so obvious with their sexism but it's still there, I get asked to do things because I'm female, assumptions are made and comments are passed. It can be even harder because I expect it from 'the lads' because they're on a building site and every thing is crude and horrible but it's even more degrading when it comes dressed up slightly from a 50 year old professional who will never see you as an equal because you are a woman.