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> how women, especially women with certain bodies, can't escape being sexualized Give it a while, everyone falls off the attractiveness escalator eventually. F
by switchbak 11mo ago
> how women, especially women with certain bodies, can't escape being sexualized
Give it a while, everyone falls off the attractiveness escalator eventually. For some the only thing worse than being objectified is being invisible.
- NewJazz 11mo agoAnd for others, finally being invisible and not subject to leering in public and online is a mercy.
- switchbak 11mo agoIf that's all you need, you can always wear an oversized t-shirt with a wolf howling at the moon. Or maybe that only works for men.
- bananaflag 11mo agoWhat do you mean by that? Asking honestly.
- climb_stealth 11mo agoI think the t-shirt with the wolf howling at the moon is a bit of a stereotype. If you have watched the Simpsons, something the comic book store owner would wear. Overweight, unkempt, awkward around women, and guaranteed zero attention from women.
- bananaflag 11mo agoThanks! I expected that, but never associated it with the idea of a howling wolf.
- brailsafe 11mo agoDefinitely definitely only works for men
- the-mitr 11mo agoAnd it will form it's own niche. Rule 34
- LexiMax 11mo agoI have a pet theory that the reason certain men are homophobic is because they're terrified that another man is looking at them the same way they look at women.
- tonyhart7 11mo agonah, that just projection
- Ferret7446 11mo agoPerhaps but I think it's just a normal ick response. People instinctively steer clear of "weird" or "perceived to be dirty" things even if it's illogical. (No matter how much some try to gaslight, homosexuality is abnormal. Note that abnormal != wrong. The former is a factual statement and the latter is a subjective/moral one, though for better or worse most of the globe does still treat it negatively and it's only in the social bubbles that we're in where it's accepted)
- stopping 11mo agoAbnormal isn't a good word to use here since it connotates an undesirable condition, implying a need for correction. Atypical, non-standard, or unconventional are more neutral in tone, so given your desire for a non-subjective word I'd recommend these instead.
- LexiMax 11mo agoMeanwhile, my original comment was more intended as commentary on the pervasiveness of leering. Of course, it's an unprovable conjecture - but it sure would explain a few things.
- kikokikokiko 11mo agoIf something falls out of the center of the normal distribution, it's by definition abnormal. Once again, that doesn't make it bad per se. But trying to police perfectly good words just makes people become more antagonizing to the position you want to defend.
- swed420 11mo ago> For some the only thing worse than being objectified is being invisible. "It's a Wonderful Chest" from Chappelle's Show was ahead of the curve(s) on this.
- emmelaich 11mo agohttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/04/thelastwhistle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/04/thelas... > you builders, stop wolf-whistling, it's coarse. Except if you do it to me. Then I'd be really pleased ... Attraction and romance is complicated.