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In reply to the discussion: Data Gathering Poll - Do Men Enjoy Looking at Women? [View all]Layzeebeaver
(1,903 posts)We are chastised because we use too much plastic, but need to eat. Yet most food it packed in it. Are we to blame for the plastic because of the foods we like and the plastic its wrapped in? Perhaps the companies that package their food in that manner are due a good portion of chastisement?
I know that was not a perfect analogy, and Im not trying to make it a what about ism. What Hetero male will not take notice of a woman wearing the latest incarnation of hot pants or mini-skirts? And where does this fashion get made? Who decided to buy it and decided to wear it? People wear tee shirts with provocative images and messaging because why? All these things are designed to appeal to the primitive areas of our brain.
Also, there is some level of human nature in play, and the survey is pigeon holing a bit too much for me.
On a personal note
When an attractive and or attractively dressed figure walks into my view, I will appreciate in my own way. What goes on inside my mind is my own business. How I outwardly act on my thoughts is more than my own business.
Im also 62, and deep inside of me remains a bit of a 16 year old. The part of me that still likes the Andy Williams tune Music to watch girls by
My similarly aged friend and I still have an occasional afternoon out where we comfortably position ourselves outside in a downtown joint on a weekend summer afternoon, with a drink and our sunglasses. When an attractive woman walks by, we sometimes mutter to each other a code word or two, but usually it all amounts to us sighing, and reflecting, ah, to be young again
We are all at the same time victims, consumers, constructors and preachers of an objectifying, consumeristic, blaming and impersonal culture. A culture that has many components and actors. We should refrain from putting all the blame on one target constituent.
We cant change our nature, but we can all be aware of our behaviour and our underlying prejudices. That applies to a lot of things, not just how we might look at an attractive person.
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