Don't dress like a *****...oops
- Thread starter TenPenny
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The two warnings are valid.
Only one is met with offense.
Which of course is the point.
No one has said anything to the contrary.
Not really.
Yes it is obtuse because it's a flippant remark that does a disservice to promoting the actual safety of women and it does nothing to work towards preventing any actual rapes from occurring.
Think, then speak. In that order. Far too many mix up the two.
Dress are key components to a woman's (even a man's) sexual image, but the difference between looking at an attractively dressed woman and seeing a sex object or a sexual being is in the eyes of the beholder, not the clothes she has on.
That's an absolute, based on what, I don't know. Logic dictates it plays a part to some statistical percentage, whatever it may be. Thus making the caution valid.
But saying "dress and behavior are key components of the objectification of women, and objectification is a component of rape" is far, far different from saying "don't dress like a ****" because they are received differently and they imply different intents on the part of the speaker. So in the end, yes it does do more harm than good.
And I believe that ignoring that and trying to pick out a logical rationale behind the flippant remark without acknowledging the harm that it does, doesn't help matters. Do you see what I'm saying?
I've seen you say before, many, many times, that words are important. That is what I am trying to convey here.
Some of the clothing that apparently makes some freak out,are not as extreme as they make it seems,its not like the women go out wearing a shirt'blouse opened so low one can see her v***** popping out,like what whatshername had in an award show.
