Sexism in the cinema - interesting article by writer disgusted at sexist and man-shaming commercials at the movies

rbcrusaders · 2013-07-22T01:53:17+00:00

I dont like this message because it is the same as the dumb feminist message. The feminists say men objectifying women is awful. But they also have this.

Instead of saying "if men cant do it, women cant" we should say "being attracted physically to people bodies is completely normal and should not be censored at all either way."

avantvernacular · 2013-07-22T13:03:06+00:00

Really only the second one with the "so easy a man can do it" message bothers me. I don't have a problem with women finding men attractive.

giegerwasright · 2013-07-22T00:14:04+00:00

It serves you right for paying money to see Confessions of a Shopaholic.

VortexCortex · 2013-07-22T00:23:07+00:00

It's the portrayal of anyone as intellectually inferior that rubs me the wrong way. E.g: The guy who always burns an iron mark into the clothes. Yeah, the service men that die in wars with the crispest of uniforms would tend to make this type of ad not only disrespectful, but disgustingly disgraceful. Men can clean. Janitors exist. Classifying men or women categorically as inept repetitively is wrong. Equal occurrences of idiocy would be fine.

Sex sells, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sex in advertising / media. "Objectification" is simple minded nonsense. There is zero empirical evidence that supports the idea that observers will come to the same conclusion about someone claimed to be "objectified". Portrayed is a better term, i.e., Portrayed as Sexy. See how easy that is? I didn't falsely assume prevalence of an opinion that most everyone will think the character is a sex object.

Now, the double standard where sexy women are seen as degrading women while sexy men aren't seen as degrading men is bullshit that needs to stop. It doesn't degrade anyone. People love sex. Saying anything that's sexy is "degrading" is what's actually degrading. A sexy person doesn't preclude them from being intelligent and funny in my mind. Identity politics does.

Additionally, I find moronic the double standard whereby folks can dress sexy as they please and it's not "degrading" for them to do so... Yet, imagery of those same sexily attired folks in media is instantly labeled "degrading".

The MRM should be above identity politics. Minds are more complex than "A sexy person! They're only sexy and that's it." Don't use "Objectify", it's an intellectually empty term -- a feminist term meant to identify individuals with the alleged object so that they can control the perception narrative by saying essentially: They're depicting YOU this way. No. Stop it. That's not YOU on the fucking screen.

You can call bullshit on double standards without sinking to the simple minded level of the opposition and adopting their Orwellian language that implies additional positive or negative connotations needlessly.

Title	Sexism in the cinema - interesting article by writer disgusted at sexist and man-shaming commercials at the movies
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Date	July 21, 2013 11:11 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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