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Bad Manners vs. Fear
Oct. 6th, 2011 04:23 pmInteresting article here on Gothamist. There's apparently a new (?) site called SubwayCrush.net where contributors can put up photos they've taken of hot guys in the subway.
I don't know what's more amusing--1) the guys whose first instinct is to lecture women about their "hypocrisy" in objectifying men (Right on! to the poster who writes "blah blah blah what if we did this to women men are being objectified blah blah - you know you're boring, right? Of course a man has a right to feel violated if this happened to them, but with male rape and assault by women a billion-to-one rarity, men have less to fear about these things. You know this. Use your head." In other words, there are actual, real-life consequences to the objectification of women, it's not just bad manners. You want to talk about being insulted? Sure, I think it's bad manners and creepy myself to take someone's picture without asking. But it's NOT the same thing as what happens to women--every day). In other words, what about teh menz?!
2) Or their horror when someone points out it's mostly other men taking and posting the pictures!
Jesus, you're right. This has to be a gay website.
I literally cannot stop laughing at this last remark.
I don't know what's more amusing--1) the guys whose first instinct is to lecture women about their "hypocrisy" in objectifying men (Right on! to the poster who writes "blah blah blah what if we did this to women men are being objectified blah blah - you know you're boring, right? Of course a man has a right to feel violated if this happened to them, but with male rape and assault by women a billion-to-one rarity, men have less to fear about these things. You know this. Use your head." In other words, there are actual, real-life consequences to the objectification of women, it's not just bad manners. You want to talk about being insulted? Sure, I think it's bad manners and creepy myself to take someone's picture without asking. But it's NOT the same thing as what happens to women--every day). In other words, what about teh menz?!
2) Or their horror when someone points out it's mostly other men taking and posting the pictures!
Jesus, you're right. This has to be a gay website.
I literally cannot stop laughing at this last remark.
