Mark Sobolewski wrote:
>  Terry McDanel  wrote:
>
> > Gactimus
> >  wrote:
> >
> > > Some of the behavior of women in the office is so unmistakeably
> > > slutlike that it has to be intentional.
> >
> > "Slutlike".  Women who express sexuality are
"sluts"?  This is a
word
> > that men use when women get out of control.  Says a lot more about
the
> > men than the woman.
>
> In the context of the workplace, yes.  Men are told they
> need to watch their language, gaze, and nearly every
> other aspect of their behavior.
>
> Wouldn't you say it says a lot about someone that they
> have such an incredible double standard?

Well there are a few questions to consider here. A woman can be covered
head to toe but let a nipple pop up through a blouse and whoa - she's a
sex object. Men turning into slobbering idiots (and I'm not saying all
men do, just the one mentioned in the post that started this thread)
because they can't control themselves around a woman wearing a short
skirt and a low cut top must have pretty low standards of what
constitutes self-control.

I'm a woman with a healthy libido and I'm not incapacitated by a
handsome, sexily dressed man. Then again, maybe that's because I don't
objectify men in the way many men objectify woman. If - like in another
thread - a woman is seen as just "life support for a cunt" then there
you go - she can dress any way she likes, demure or daring, and some
guy is going to see her and think dirty thoughts. Her problem? Nope -
his mind is his own to control, and his actions, too.



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