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octothorpe

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10. I don't understand the whole 'view someone as property' thing...

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 05:13 PM

Feb 2013

I've never seen a TV ad, poster, stripper, or whatever, and thought to myself "wow, look at the great piece of property." How many people actually think this way? Do you? Any other guys on here think of women as property? Or maybe I just don't get it?

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Does taking a younger male to see strippers encourage him to see woman as property? [View all] el_bryanto Feb 2013 OP

might depend on if the strippers were male or female eh? nt msongs Feb 2013 #1

That's a good point, actually. el_bryanto Feb 2013 #2

Did he get a receipt? Orrex Feb 2013 #3

"encourage"... as in tend more toward than away? Sure. cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #4

I don't know if its the same thing - the Medium is the Message el_bryanto Feb 2013 #5

I don't understand the whole 'view someone as property' thing... octothorpe Feb 2013 #10

Plenty of people historically have thought of woman as property el_bryanto Feb 2013 #15

More likely it will lead to impure thoughts and possible repetitive motion injuries. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #6

To be fair... Orrex Feb 2013 #7

True NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #9

I truly doubt it Yo_Mama Feb 2013 #8

I wish I could rec a reply. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #11

well said NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #12

I really don't know. I think it depends on what you think walkin' in. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #13

Sexual objects ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #14