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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Sick and tired of cries of sexism (was Re: 9 1/2 Weeks)
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:51:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.165104.13876@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec24.195620.2350@cbnewse.cb.att.com> <BD.92Dec27093825@fluent.UUCP> <Bzz1E5.HHt@fiu.edu>
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- In article <Bzz1E5.HHt@fiu.edu> feathers@serss0 (Michael Feathers) writes:
- >
- >>>From article <1992Dec20.145422.10366@Virginia.EDU>, by tlc9y@Virginia.EDU ("tara lou"):
- >>>> you do not have to be a lesbian or an abused survivor in order
- >>>> to believe that our society dictates men's satisfaction over
- >>>> women's..i see beer commercials that satisfy men's needs [i
- >>>> drink beer, too], sportscar commercials [i would like one,
- >>>> too], and many other instances where men's pleasure is the
- >>>> aim..not women's.
- >
- >I'm sure that one of the reasons that this topic shows up in relation to
- >movies is the difference between male and female stimulation. Men are
- >predominately stimulated by images. It is biological and it is no
- >accident that the market for pornography has always been and continues to
- >be predominately driven by males. On the other hand, female stimulation
- >is more situational and tactile. A story about the tall dark powerful man
- >who sweeps a woman off her feet will always be with us.
- >
- >I would be prepared to renounce all "objectification" of women in movies if
- >all "objectification" of men in romance novels was renounced. Many women will
- >say that it is not the same but I don't think so. If the argument can be
- >made that men are more likely to be sexually violent because of what they see
- >on film, then surely it could be said that women's expectations, fostered by
- >romance novels, spark sometimes life ruining competition among men to be the
- >man with the big car, summer house, and corporate neck-tie. Objectification
- >goes both ways.
- >
- >What many people do not understand is that men and women feel their
- >sexuality in different ways. Millions of years of evolution have made this
- >so. It is wrong to judge women by men's standards and equally wrong to
- >judge men by women's standards. Unfortunately, many of the victimologists
- >in our culture do not understand this.
- >
-
- The above sounds surprisingly reasonable and fair. You must be
- insensitive and evil.
-
- GM("Thinking With My Heart")S
-