Of Modesty and Men...

[shady_sedai]

I was googling through the internet and stopped to read an article entitled Fearlessly Feminine: A letter from Christian Guys. (For the record, I was on headcovering sites looking for something that would look nice and keep hair out of my face - and food - without resorting back to my standard ponytail). The article was basically stating that while

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[bronnyelsp]

We are asking for it. All of us, every day of our lives. If these neanderthals are to be believed, anyway.

I've said it before: the belief that men are unable to control their sexual desires and impulses is insulting to me on behalf of every man I've loved, platonically, familially, or romantically. It portrays men as savages, practically bestial. How can we ever expect safety on our streets if men are allowed to believe that this is the standard they have to live up (or down) to? How could any woman trust, respect and love a man enough to want to associate with him on any level if she believed that this is all he is capable of? I know I couldn't.

[rizardofoz]

Yeah, it's definitely impossible for me to control myself after I've seen a few strands of hair. True my girlfriend's hair is a decently long length, but I'm not perpetually all over her in public (or in private) and that whenever I see her won't reduced to a slathered, drooly mess whenever I see her.

I do have a brain. And the ability to act like a human. It's a shame that the writer has reduced men and women down to trivial, simplistic, and offensive terms,.

[firenightingale]

Does that mean that I am not to be held responsible for the urges to pummel my fellow human beings that occasionally consume me when met with such stupid attitudes? After all, it's in my nature and I'm only responding to their provocation....

[bronnyelsp]

ROFL. There's a great bit in the movie Persepolis, where, sometime after the Iranian revolution, she's running for a bus, and some guards yell at her to stop. She's close to missing the bus, so she turns around all annoyed, and is like, what do you want? They say, you shouldn't run, your bum moves when you run. She replies, then stop looking at my arse! and keeps running.