Thoughts on male modesty?

[White_Unifier]

Which "we" is this? You and the voices?

Feminist literature says 'we' do, so I'm taking it at its word but I don't know what 'we' it's referring to.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Feminist literature says 'we' do, so I'm taking it at its word but I don't know what 'we' it's referring to.

Got a quote? Source? Anything?

 

[Twila]

You're kidding, right? Folks who are stoned can't get off the couch. Only thing they're a danger to is a bag of Doritos.

hmmm, I'd love to be able to smoke one and sit on the couch and watch a movie.

just doesn't happen. Pot doesn't have that effect on me. It does, however, help me do the house work, go to the gym etc after work. but not for sitting and vegging.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

hmmm, I'd love to be able to smoke one and sit on the couch and watch a movie.

just doesn't happen. Pot doesn't have that effect on me. It does, however, help me do the house work, go to the gym etc after work. but not for sitting and vegging.

Um. . . I think somebody switched your dope and your speed, Twila.

 

[Twila]

Um. . . I think somebody switched your dope and your speed, Twila.

i wish, but thanks to ADHD stimulants don't do to me what they do to other people. In fact, when hubby works on the weekends, I get up and have a cup of coffee with him and then go back to bed and sleep for a couple more hours. That's true adhd for ya.

 

[White_Unifier]

Got a quote? Source? Anything?

Ever heard of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****-shaming

 

[taxslave]

i wish, but thanks to ADHD stimulants don't do to me what they do to other people. In fact, when hubby works on the weekends, I get up and have a cup of coffee with him and then go back to bed and sleep for a couple more hours. That's true adhd for ya.

Strange disease isn't it? Not really named right either.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ever heard of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****-shaming

Didn't see a "we" in there, so I guess I was right the first time.

 

[White_Unifier]

Didn't see a "we" in there, so I guess I was right the first time.

In English, 'we' can be used generically along with 'you' synonymously with the generic pronoun 'one.' Some would just say 'people.' So yes, some people do blame female rape victims.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

In English, 'we' can be used generically along with 'you' synonymously with the generic pronoun 'one.' Some would just say 'people.' So yes, some people do blame female rape victims.

Who the heck is talking about rape victims? You said, in the OP, and I quote:

"We often talk about modesty as it applies to women"

Now you're babbling about rape victims?

 

[White_Unifier]

Who the heck is talking about rape victims? You said, in the OP, and I quote:

"We often talk about modesty as it applies to women"

Now you're babbling about rape victims?

The **** walk began after a police officer had made a comment about women not dressing like ****s to avoid attracting rapists. So I guess he'd be in that 'we.' Yet 'we' seldom hear talk of men dressing immodestly do we.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The **** walk began after a police officer had made a comment about women not dressing like ****s to avoid attracting rapists. So I guess he'd be in that 'we.' Yet 'we' seldom hear talk of men dressing immodestly do we.

If you wish to have a discussion on a specific point, it might be good to bring up all the details of that specific point in the OP.

 

[White_Unifier]

If you wish to have a discussion on a specific point, it might be good to bring up all the details of that specific point in the OP.

Perhaps I should have.

The point was that there is a tendency to blame female rape victims based on their dress or behaviour (drinking for example), yet we never hold men to the same standard. If a woman should try to stay sober to protect herself from rape for example, then why should a man not stay sober to control himself (or to protect himself from female sexual assault since that happens too).

If a woman must dress modestly to avoid unwanted advances, then why do we not discuss men dressing like Tarzan and the image of men as sex objects that that might promote? Again, why the double standard?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The **** walk began after a police officer had made a comment about women not dressing like ****s to avoid attracting rapists. So I guess he'd be in that 'we.' Yet 'we' seldom hear talk of men dressing immodestly do we.

There's no "we" that includes me and "a police officer." Or ****walkers.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

Twila,

Me and bro were smoking up many years ago...

Me: "Hey bro, you know why I hate smoking up? Because every time I do I just tell bad joke after bad joke...I never shut up...and I just become a giant pain in the a$$ to everyone around me."

Bro: "So in other words, it has no effect on you at all."

Stoned, we both hit the floor laughing our butts off for 10 minutes!

 

[gerryh]

We often talk about modesty as it applies to women, that they should dress modestly, act modestly, etc.

But how does it apply to men? For example, is it (or should it be) acceptable for a man to walk around downtown shirtless and dresed like Tarzan? What about the man who drinks to excess? Etc.

When we talk about modesty, why do we always seem to apply it to women only?

we? you have worms?

speak for yourself. If you are that ignorant, don't drag the rest of us down to your level.