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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I am mixed on this. I am quite aware of the offensiveness of the statement and how it objectifies women and yet, from time to time I have been known on Internet forums to pipe up with an "I'd hit it" or "I'd like to tap that"...
From my point of view, humour is transgressive. The fact that it is offensive, is what makes it funny for me. The fact that the likelihood of me *ever* "tapping that ass" is about as close to zero as you will ever get is what makes it funny for me.
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Good point. I was trying to formulate earlier in which context this expression works, and for me it has a lot to do with how unlikely it is to happen. Basically it works for unlikely and borderline abstract scenarios. When it becomes a statement about a possible scenario, the objectification makes me uncomfortable. But when it comes to more "abstract" objectification I don't have a problem with it. As long as it's occasional.
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
That said, I have never been a big fan of groups of guys standing around nudging each other and saying, I'd like to fuck her, as beautiful woman walks by. I know why it happens, I can even appreciate why it happens and have even participated. That said, I always feel a little queazy afterwards. Like a smarmy businessman on the make or a frat boy with a gullet full of Old Milwaukee.
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Yeah. There is something very uncomfortable to me about being in a large all-guy group and having a sexualized discussion of this sort.