Unusual appearance of the double standard
There is a local message board I post to sometimes. It can be entertaining, it can be idiotic, it can be offensive.
At the moment, some of the female members are really offended by a thread in which male board members are discussing their crushes on female musicians. I have read the thread, and it is exceedingly mild stuff.
I have also participated on other discussion boards with similar threads, except in every other case the thread has been exclusively populated by women talking about their crushes on male rock stars. ALL of them.
The tones of both types of thread being mostly genuine admiration with a healthy dose of RAWR (and honestly, haven't we all arrived at the point where it's okay to admit that sometimes people are sexually attracted to other people?) I find it very difficult to see anything offensive about either.
Although in the interests of full disclosure, I have been a lively participant on the first type of thread, so maybe I'm just trying not to be a hypocrite.
Anyway. I have decided not to say anything on the current thread, but I truly do not see the problem.
At the moment, some of the female members are really offended by a thread in which male board members are discussing their crushes on female musicians. I have read the thread, and it is exceedingly mild stuff.
I have also participated on other discussion boards with similar threads, except in every other case the thread has been exclusively populated by women talking about their crushes on male rock stars. ALL of them.
The tones of both types of thread being mostly genuine admiration with a healthy dose of RAWR (and honestly, haven't we all arrived at the point where it's okay to admit that sometimes people are sexually attracted to other people?) I find it very difficult to see anything offensive about either.
Although in the interests of full disclosure, I have been a lively participant on the first type of thread, so maybe I'm just trying not to be a hypocrite.
Anyway. I have decided not to say anything on the current thread, but I truly do not see the problem.