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> They aren't hiring these models as equals, but for the misogynistic dynamic Interesting, my mind goes straight to this being incredibly demeaning toward the
by throwaway0255 9y ago
> They aren't hiring these models as equals, but for the misogynistic dynamic
Interesting, my mind goes straight to this being incredibly demeaning toward the legitimate male attendees of the party. Didn't even occur to me that somebody would have the opposite interpretation.
That'd be my only thought at the party. "They had to pay this good-looking person to pretend to talk to me." I don't see how this is misogynistic? I just see this as an extreme degradation of the males involved.
- jordigh 9y agoIt's misogynistic because it commodifies women. Having a woman to talk to is something that you can just buy, like a car or a nice meal. They're not treated as people, just as consummables.
- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoLike hiring a software engineer to make code for you?
- jordigh 9y agoIt's not comparable. A programmer spent a lot of time honing their craft, faces every day challenges, has growth opportunities, can aspire to higher salaries through tough work, has growth opportunities, can influence the world around them and create new things. Coding yields power. While modelling may require difficult labour, it's mostly just "congratulations for your face".
- theshrike79 9y agoLet's see you put on a bikini on the beach during winter and pretend you're not freezing your ass off to shoot the catalog for next summer. Now do it for 12 hours straight. Yes, it's just a pretty face, no skill required.
- dwaltrip 9y agoI would argue this angle is irrelevant. It's not about whether it is difficult or not, it is more about what type of culture do such things foster and what values does it signal (referring to "SV roller skate models").
- alexasmyths 9y agoNot only does it not commodify women, you're assumption that men will treat them as objects is possibly bigoted. Men having polite conversations with women is 'wrong' only in a dystopian future. I personally think it's a little ridiculous and would not want to attend, nor would I put together a party like that, but it's a matter of social taste, not morality.
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- jerf 9y agoWhy not both? It's not really a single-dimensional scale; it is perfectly feasible to be simultaneously misogynstic and misandrist at the same time. Proof by existence.
- aphextron 9y agoPrecisely. It’s the strip club dynamic. Where men are seen as nothing more than disposable vessels of cash, and women are degraded to the level of livestock on display.
- bdcravens 9y agoThe focus is on the attractiveness of the women, and the presence of women for men's sake. Misogyny is degrading to everyone involved.