I do NOT mean not to read this, which you have obviously disregarded anyway ;-)The purpose of this statement is directed toward women. We have beat the drum for centuries, millenia even, that men should not look at women lustfully. Yes, this is still an issue, (take strip clubs and porn for example,) but the recent uprise in objectivisation of men in movies and advertisements is no better.
Think of any TV show with a 'hot' guy, like The Bachelor. It's all about what they look like to a large percentage of the women there.
Or take Twilight-New Moon for example. The guy, Jacob, rips his shirt off multiple times. His abs induce sighs, even shrieks, from women in the audience. I've heard gals gushing over him in public coversation and guys just taking it.
DRIVES ME CRAZY.
If we as women don't want to be treated as physical objects for appraisal, the way to counter that is not to lower ourselves to that level. Respect is a mutual transaction, not a lowering to equilibrium.
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