tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post5929557631158402589..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: bustin' outKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-34321141493098789622012-10-11T01:12:20.193+09:002012-10-11T01:12:20.193+09:00Well, a father of daughters can no longer afford t...Well, a father of daughters can no longer afford to be a dirty old man, so I accept your prudery as a given.<br /><br />As for the objectification of women: I'm a Camille Paglia feminist, which means I don't divorce biology from my assessment of male/female dynamics, and I do ascribe free will to women. Paglia would note that many women willingly participate in their own objectification because-- as the not-so-prudish French know so well-- sexuality is empowering. Labeling objectified women as victims is, in this sense, a subtler form of objectification, because it doesn't acknowledge a woman's freedom to choose her own path, and comes off as paternalistic.<br /><br />Also, as Paglia would note, men are, according to their biology, wired to ogle. Does this make ogling right? No, but it should make it both unsurprising and a commonplace. And besides: women are wired to ogle, too. Where's the outcry about the objectification of <i>men</i> in those cologne commercials, or in those cleaning-product commercials in which a struggling housewife is saved from her chores by a handsome hunk of beefcake?<br /><br /><i>Let the boobies run free, Steve!</i>Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-79533204390876950182012-10-10T23:02:53.066+09:002012-10-10T23:02:53.066+09:00Call me a prude if you must, but I'd suggest t...Call me a prude if you must, but I'd suggest the bigger controversy is the objectification of women in the service of commercialism. <br /><br />You can chalk that opinion up to my being the father of two daughters.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com