crumpets
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The plot thickens with newly insightful dialog ... quote:
ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar Why the continued insistence that all women are exactly the same? As usual for you, this is a perfectly valid point which hits to the core the weakness of my initial observational statement. Initially, this thread opened with "women" doing one thing and (presumably) saying another; however that argument has been shown to be untenable. It's not ALL women. It's only SOME women. Specifically, it has been brought up to my attention that the older, more mature women who frequent this forum, do not seem to be in that category of women who say one thing yet do the exact opposite, with respect to the stated goal of not wishing to be objectivized for only their bodies. In fact, about the only thing I can say about ALL WOMEN is that they're all likely tainted by the same duplicitous brush that SOME women paint, but that topic delves too deeply off course into the realities of persistence in attitudes applied to all, based on the crass behavior of some. quote:
ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar It's a given that some women don't want to be treated as sex objects, especially while in public, other women do enjoy being treated as sex object, yet, it's just as much a given that (some) women who shove their panties in our faces every chance they get are looking to use their sexuality to find a form of attention they find both flattering and validating, while women who don't find that form of attention flattering and validating do not shove their panties in our faces every chance they get. There, I fixed it for you... Thank you. I think I have a major problem in this forum, which is that NONE of the women who responded, to date, would be considered in the category above of "SOME WOMEN" who say one thing and do another with respect to sexual objectification. So, as you're appropriately pointing out, I'm asking the wrong women (perhaps the right question). I guess the right women to ask are those I Hooter's waitresses ... but ... wait.... they DID ask them ... and the answer ... well ... the answer that came back in that interview was so unbelievably naive, it was like asking one of our past presidents why we went to war over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when none were to be found. Clearly, the words and the actions didn't match up for that group of (younger, lower-class) women. However, your point is very well taken that ... ... ... ... It's a given that most mature women don't want to be treated as sex objects, especially while in public, yet, for them, it's fine that other women do enjoy being treated as sex object, where, it's just as much a given that (those) mature and sensible women who don't shove their panties in our faces every chance they get are not looking to use their sexuality to find a form of attention they find both flattering and validating, because these mature women don't find that form of attention flattering and these mature women certainly do not need to validate their sexuality by shoving their panties in our faces every chance they get! quote:
ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar If you see a woman deliberately shove her panties in your face, you can bet your ass that she'll feel flattered if you admire her for doing so in a positive and social class* appropriate manner. Upon first inspection, I don't know how to absorb and reflect upon that, likely profound, statement of fact. On the one hand, what you say makes sense; however, I've heard (many times) from the ladies here that they dress to be sexy for a particular man, where they don't want the attention of the rabble, despite the plain fact that they have no control over these unwashed masses once the ladies go out in public dressed the way they're (sometimes) dressed. So, their actions make sense (which is the first hint of understanding what they're thinking), yet, from a pragmatic point of view, while their strategy of appealing to a certain set of men may be sound, their tactics expose them to the nearly universal complaint of many women that they're unduly sexually objectivized. quote:
ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar If a woman is acting and dressing in a manner that shows that she does not desire to shove her panties in your face, you can bet your ass that she'll feel bad if you call her out in a sexualized manner for an accidental wardrobe malfunction, no matter how positively phrased or intended. What I like about your tack is that you're patiently (and eloquently) boxing me into , it seems, a better understanding (if I am not myself too dense to get your underlying points) of the fact that the ACT itself has both an INTENDED PURPOSE and a TARGET AUDIENCE. If I'm the target audience of the purposefully sexual display, then the objectification will be taken appropriately by the woman, as it was meant to be, yet, If I'm NOT the target audience, any and all objectification by me will be taken quite negatively, and, worse yet, Sometimes a wardrobe malfunction truly is a wardrobe malfunction (in which case, any and all objectification would be considered objectionably crass, at the very least). This is an intriguing and interesting twist that delves deeper into the underlying strategy and tactics I seek to better understand, as there is absolutely no way my initial observations are of mere happenstance.
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