A friend pointed me towards someone's journal who started discussing the concept of sexism in the Vintage Dance scene local to where he lives. Now, I have no personal exposure to that scene, so I can't really speak on the reality of the situation. But someone else
wrote his own journal entry and veered off a little into the confusing issue of
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My point was that all women do not wear clothing for the purpose of getting attention and that all people (not just women) should be allowed to dress in "appropriate" and comfortable fashions without being made into a sex object. And, since he asked specifically what kind of compliments we prefer, several of us told him and he immediately countered with insults to our sanity and a complete disrespect for our values and life experiences. In this case, the fact that I, personally, have a chip on my shoulder about compliments is not the point. I never once said that a compliment was always bad - I said he should be respectful of women who do *not* like compliments and that women don't "deserve what they get".
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