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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
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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I guess that's an interesting point. And personal feelings aside (I couldn't care less how you 'judge' me) I can sort of see where you're coming from.
On the other hand, men are sexual creatures, as are women. Expressing appreciation for a woman's physical traits is something I've always done and will not apologize for. It needs to be in the proper time and place, of course, but all the same that's essentially what this comes down to. 'I'd hit that' is an admittedly crude way of saying 'I find that woman attractive.' I've worked construction and have heard some other very colourful euphemisms, some of which truly
were offensive; that experience leads me to believe that saying 'I'd hit that' is pretty bloody innocuous.
I am convinced that women objectify men just as much as men objectify women. A quick trawl through The Full Monty board seems to confirm this, with comments such as:
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I'd totally do Daniel Radcliffe.
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This being one of the more literate ones I could find, and also amusing to me because of it's parallel to the idiom that started this thread.
The thing is, guys don't get worked up about stuff like this, because we just don't care. I think (insofar as one can make generalizations that include an entire gender) that men are simply more comfortable with their sexuality and as a consequence more comfortable with the idea that sometimes an attraction is purely sexual in nature. And I still fail to see how there's anything even remotely wrong with that.