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In reply to the discussion: Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here. [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Some straight men here seem to perceive that some women are berating them for what they find sexually stimulating. I suspect that that first SI post (by a woman who I think is sympathetic to that male perception) had something to do with that. Then of course in inevitable GD fashion things escalated from there, it was about as predictable as gravity after that.
No one on DU would dream of telling a straight woman or a gay or lesbian DUer what they should be sexually aroused by. From my point of view there seems to be a bit of a double standard when it comes to heterosexual males, it's OK to criticize what we find sexually appealing.
So many things are a matter of perspective and no two people see things from exactly the same point of view. I could be wrong in what I think and I'm trying to keep an open mind but I'm as prone to rationalizing what I want as the average naked ape.