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My reaction to this issue (and other gender issues) may be reactionary, but I find the responses to be just as reactionary. I mean, it's obvious from the responses here that what I am responding to isn't a fiction. I'm just being told that I should deal with it. Well, fine, I do deal with it. I deal with it all the time. But the roads run in both directions. If I am to deal with the fact that I am often objectified in a selfish manner irregardless of my consent, then guys, you must be willing to be judged regardless of your consent or sense of fairness. In a world where everything is available to the mind, the imagination and the senses, it should be expected. And maybe part of the process of maturing not only includes not letting inanity slip out of your mouth at any moment, is owning up to your own part in being judged for such. I guess one doesn't come without the other.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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