Everyday sexual harassment of women

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's literally what I posted in the OP
Really? I sorta skipped to the last few pages because I figured the direction of conversation would have changed since the beginning!

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"That's what she said."
I thought it was obvious.

--Patrick
I thought it might have been but, at the same time, I did not want to accuse you of being dirty minded. :p
 
I did not want to accuse you of being dirty minded. :p
Worry not. I feel confident in saying I'm one of the dirtiest-minded people on this board. I try to allow my mind the freedom to roam wherever it might want to go. The benefits are amazing.
However, I treat that realm like its own pocket dimension with its own rules: Since there is no guarantee that what is permitted in that dimension will be appropriate in this one (and often isn't!), I maintain their disconnect.
The devil who sits on my shoulder comes up with some absolutely astounding ideas (ideas I wouldn't hear if I was always automatically squelching him), but of course it's entirely up to me whether any of them get implemented, and I'm just as certain as before that I'm one of the most ethical people on this board, too.

--Patrick
 
Manchester police set up this:


Good going, UK. You're ahead of us on gay marriage, but on this stuff, you're right down in the pits with us.
 

figmentPez

Staff member
Manchester police set up this:

Good going, UK. You're ahead of us on gay marriage, but on this stuff, you're right down in the pits with us.
If it weren't for the visible thong, I would have thought that was a theft prevention poster.* Keeping your iPod and wallet poking out of your purse like that is a pretty foolish thing to do if you're walking through a crowd.

*According to Greater Manchester Police, it is a theft prevention poster:
Greater Manchester Police responded to this controversy with a statement to The Mancunion. “This poster was produced in 2007 by GMP as part of a campaign to tackle robberies being committed against students.
“It has nothing to do with a publicity campaign on rape. The strapline ‘Keep your assets out of sight’ was simply a reminder to students not to flaunt valuables such as mobile phones, iPods and cameras.
“The poster is no longer printed or distributed, and it is seven years since they were last sent out. The artwork was approved by the head of PR at the time, and this particular style was chosen as it was thought it would appeal to students and get their attention. It is worth noting that we received no negative feedback at the time these were produced.”
It's a poster from seven years ago.
 
With all that equipment visible, I thought it was a theft prevention poster, too.
People always talk about how having those distinctive white earbuds advertises to the world I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE DEVICE PLEASE ROB ME.

--Patrick
 
With all that equipment visible, I thought it was a theft prevention poster, too.
People always talk about how having those distinctive white earbuds advertises to the world I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE DEVICE PLEASE ROB ME.

--Patrick
That's funny, because I would give those away since they came free with so many things (including real headphones). My little cousins used to attach them to $25 iPod Shuffles.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
That's funny. I think everyone one of my wives has told me that taking out the trash is a "man's job" ;)
How did that Cyanide and Happiness comic go?

"Why don't you be a big strong man and move my couch?"
"Why don't YOU be a small, weak woman and suck my dick? As long as we're all being sexist?"
 
I'd go on a tirade about how one image is one of power that people would aspire to and the other is a whore, but you've all heard it before.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
We can land a spacecraft on a comet, but a man's shirt has become the big news story here on Earth.

Physicist Matt Taylor was criticized this week for wearing a shirt with scantily-clad women and guns on it during a livestreamed post-landing interview about the Rosetta Mission, deemed sexist and innaporpriate by many people, particularly women in science. And critiques on Twitter voiced their complaints with #ShirtStorm and #ShirtGate.

But in a Google Hangout Friday with updates on the mission, a teary-eyed Taylor in a very neutral blue hoodie, apologized for the shirt.
"I made a big mistake, and I offended many people," he said. "And I'm very sorry about this."​

Meanwhile on said comet, the Philae lander sent back its first image from the comet Thursday, and it has begun drilling in order to reposition itself into the sunlight. But this maneuver could also make Philae do a cartwheel and possible put an abrupt end to the mission.


GB's take - I want that shirt. I had a shirt like that, but it wasn't nearly that awesome. This is an awesome shirt.
 
I don't see that... The problem would be to not see the sexism in an image, not not noticing the image itself
 
A man wears a shirt someone close to him made as a gift to a PR thing, and the shirt depicts scantily clad women (with guns). <-- SEXISM

Celebrities are wearing less and less in front cover non-adult magazines to "throw off the shackles society places on our bodies". <-- ANTI-SEXISM


So, as we can see, this is a case where a marginalized group can engage in something that empowers them, but if that is engaged by those outside the group it demeans them.

See also: Yankee doodle, the n word, etc.
This is the falsest of false equivalencies.

The guy is a professional at a professional conference. See the later discussion about professionalism when dealing with people at conferences.
 
Celebrities are wearing less and less in front cover non-adult magazines to "throw off the shackles society places on our bodies". <-- ANTI-SEXISM
You may have said that in jest, but gaze upon this and try to remember that this is not a porn magazine.

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--Patrick
 
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