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xepherys · 07-11-2007, 12:22 AM

Well, I have a specific point in mind, but feel free to expound on this or draw in other points as you all see fit.

My main purpose for this thread is to ponder the following:

One of the primary rules of the TFP is that we must respect one another. It's what keeps most people on this board coming back. However, I wonder where political correctness blinds us to the things we say. Often, on the Titty Board and elsewhere, a skinny girl in a photo garners a "she needs a sammich" comment. If someone posted a picture of a voluptuous, shapely woman and a response came back "she needs a few less sammiches" I wonder what the general feeling would be here.

You see, being overweight is considered a terrible thing by many in our society (in the States at least). It's something that is mocked. It's something that is ridiculed. It's something that PC pundits tell us we should choose carefully our words about. Being skinny, however, is in many ways the opposite. It is what (misguided) teen girls and even women in their early adulthood strive towards. If one woman says to another, "Wow, have you moved up to a size 18?" the comentee would likely be upset. If one woman says to another, "Wow, have you moved down to a size -4?", the comentee would (statistically speaking) likely blush and giggle at the thought of her shrinking shape.

Now back to the TFP. Here, many of those walls do not exist. We are generally honest with one another, even bluntly. Comments, even negative ones, are generally understood not to be meant as attacks, but are offered out of sincere concern, and usually only after the door has been opened by the person receiving the comments. But do we still automatically hold back certain things or restrain from posting certain comments, even if not directed at a specific individual, because we are "trained" not to say certain things?

Your thoughts...?

07-11-2007, 12:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	Tilted Political Correctness Well, I have a specific point in mind, but feel free to expound on this or draw in other points as you all see fit. My main purpose for this thread is to ponder the following: One of the primary rules of the TFP is that we must respect one another. It's what keeps most people on this board coming back. However, I wonder where political correctness blinds us to the things we say. Often, on the Titty Board and elsewhere, a skinny girl in a photo garners a "she needs a sammich" comment. If someone posted a picture of a voluptuous, shapely woman and a response came back "she needs a few less sammiches" I wonder what the general feeling would be here. You see, being overweight is considered a terrible thing by many in our society (in the States at least). It's something that is mocked. It's something that is ridiculed. It's something that PC pundits tell us we should choose carefully our words about. Being skinny, however, is in many ways the opposite. It is what (misguided) teen girls and even women in their early adulthood strive towards. If one woman says to another, "Wow, have you moved up to a size 18?" the comentee would likely be upset. If one woman says to another, "Wow, have you moved down to a size -4?", the comentee would (statistically speaking) likely blush and giggle at the thought of her shrinking shape. Now back to the TFP. Here, many of those walls do not exist. We are generally honest with one another, even bluntly. Comments, even negative ones, are generally understood not to be meant as attacks, but are offered out of sincere concern, and usually only after the door has been opened by the person receiving the comments. But do we still automatically hold back certain things or restrain from posting certain comments, even if not directed at a specific individual, because we are "trained" not to say certain things? Your thoughts...? __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage