Essays Like This Irritate Me
In short I don’t like being told that I am incapable of controlling my sexual desires and that is where essays like this always go, one way or another. Tznius my ass. There are reasons why clothing may not be appropriate, but this is just…
The law in Ontario already allows women to inappropriately bare themselves, but most women clearly prefer to keep their clothes on.
If nudity is what one desires, there are many nudist colonies and secluded places where nudity will not be disrespectful to others who don’t wish to see nakedness. Why would someone feel the need to bare private body parts in public except to gain attention?
It is not in the best interests of women or men for women to expose themselves. Parents don’t want their children to have to see that. Wives don’t want their husbands to see that.
Many men may want to see that, and you will probably gain their attention by exposing yourself, but there are also many men who are committed to their wives and families who don’t want to be tempted by someone who isn’t their own wife and the mother of their children.
Breasts are a beautiful, sexual part of the body and inexplicably desired by men. Expecting men to stop being attracted to breasts is an unnatural and unrealistic demand. It would be as silly as asking a dog to stop liking rawhide.
There is nothing perverted or filthy about men being attracted to women’s breasts, or about parents wanting to protect their children from sexuality that belongs in the realm of adults.
We need to show respect to others, and showing respect means keeping private body parts covered.
Holy Hyrax October 2, 2007 at 9:36 pm
there is no differnce between the crime of a man raping a woman versus the obvious looking or arrousal that will take place?
Jack's Shack October 2, 2007 at 6:14 pm
We are not talking about rape, but the desire for a man to look (which he will) and get turned on (which he will) and even tempted (which he will)
So what. What difference does it make.
Holy Hyrax October 2, 2007 at 5:19 pm
>No it is not reality. If men truly couldn’t control ourselves there would be far more instances of rape.
Aren’t you going a bit extreme hear to make your point? We are not talking about rape, but the desire for a man to look (which he will) and get turned on (which he will) and even tempted (which he will)
Jack's Shack September 26, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Its only explaining the reality of not ony your ability to just “perhaps” control yourself, but those of your kids and other people that won’t
No it is not reality. If men truly couldn’t control ourselves there would be far more instances of rape.
It is patently false to say that we cannot and furthermore I believe that it is wrong to try and make everyone wear a sweater just because someone else is cold.
Holy Hyrax September 26, 2007 at 6:41 pm
>That’s the best line, because it’s so patently socially based.
Ofcourse its socially based, and WE live in a society that it is desrious by men. In reality, MOST men are going to be attracted by breats and perhaps some will be able to control themselves.
I see nothing irritating about this essay. Its only explaining the reality of not ony your ability to just “perhaps” control yourself, but those of your kids and other people that won’t
Jack's Shack September 26, 2007 at 6:14 am
In many cultures breasts aren’t particularly sexual
In another five years or so I’ll be looking for a culture in which baldness is considered to be exceptionally sexy.
Kol Ra'ash Gadol September 26, 2007 at 2:43 am
Breasts are a beautiful, sexual part of the body and inexplicably desired by men
That’s the best line, because it’s so patently socially based. In many cultures breasts aren’t particularly sexual – any more than ankles are (although the Victorians sure thought a flash of ankle would make men into raving madmen). In fact, in quite a few cultures breasts are maternal, pretty much exclusively.
Just because *he* inexplicably is attracted to them (actually not so inexplicable, since significant amounts of money and time in our culture go to making them to be perceived that way) doens’t mean that every man (for that matter at least some women) are unable to control themselves.
*Sheesh*