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In reply to the discussion: Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here. [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)That would be like telling your coworker that it's easy to just walk by the bulletin board where the pic is posted.
It's not puritanism, it's about discrimination. And it's about what's done in public. Men can feel free to whack off at home and to pics on sites other than a public political forum. But there is a social decorum and there's a time and a place.
Like I said, at this point men (and women - there are women who don't get it either, or are so in need of male approval they participate as well) can either show consideration and respect or they can purposely perpetuate the treatment of women as mere sex objects. But if they continue the behavior on DU then it is just that, purposefully disrespecting women.
Honestly, the resistance has to be about control and power and resentment. The feeling that women are trying to curtail your sexuality. But that is absolutely NOT what this is about.
Read some of the posts in this thread from the men who get it, maybe you'll see. Anyway, I think we've run our course. I hope you will continue to think about it and that you do read some of geek's posts and a few others in here. It's not about taking away men's sexuality, it's about not flaunting it in front of women inappropriately.
And as I said, if something bothered your friend and they let you know, would you just keep doing it or would you be considerate of them and not do it around them. It's just about respect and consideration whether you understand the issue or not.
So anyway... thanks for not being a total jerk about it like some of the guys on here.