20-01-2015, 01:59
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2015, 02:12 by St Charles Owl.)
I support the right of anyone to do what they want to do, as long its within the realm of the current law!! I am not a supporter of women's or men's rights, I am for the rights of an individual!! In the job market, the best candidate should be chosen, choosing a woman or ethnic minority at the expense of a better qualified white male to me is as wrong as any other form of discrimination.
As regards objectification of women, that again is a matter of opinion!! We objectify women of all types, especially with Pei posting his Canadian women and older Hollywood stars!! We also objectify footballers as well, although we are a little harsher on them most of the time!! I have just seen a Mercedes advert that used a women in a nice dress to promote the car, I suppose that is objectification as well, and Julia Roberts is endorsing a nice perfume in a slinky dress while looking very sexy!!! And there is a billboard on my way to work that has David Beckham in his undies showing his abs and tattoos, is that objectification?? There are so many more issues in this world that we need to worry about, that need urgent attention such as domestic violence, child abuse, cure for cancer, famine, poverty etc and for me these take up far more of my time than worrying about what the Sun puts on Page 3!!!
Amelia, you know we won't completely agree on this, but that is the essence of a democratic and free society!! We can disagree without ramifications, we can express our opinion and I for one embrace both of our rights to do that!! We are both against breaking the law with anything I am sure, we are both against violence of any kind against anyone and I know for certain we have different ideas of the consequences and outcomes from these sort of things!! Doesn't stop either of us having our say though.
As regards objectification of women, that again is a matter of opinion!! We objectify women of all types, especially with Pei posting his Canadian women and older Hollywood stars!! We also objectify footballers as well, although we are a little harsher on them most of the time!! I have just seen a Mercedes advert that used a women in a nice dress to promote the car, I suppose that is objectification as well, and Julia Roberts is endorsing a nice perfume in a slinky dress while looking very sexy!!! And there is a billboard on my way to work that has David Beckham in his undies showing his abs and tattoos, is that objectification?? There are so many more issues in this world that we need to worry about, that need urgent attention such as domestic violence, child abuse, cure for cancer, famine, poverty etc and for me these take up far more of my time than worrying about what the Sun puts on Page 3!!!
Amelia, you know we won't completely agree on this, but that is the essence of a democratic and free society!! We can disagree without ramifications, we can express our opinion and I for one embrace both of our rights to do that!! We are both against breaking the law with anything I am sure, we are both against violence of any kind against anyone and I know for certain we have different ideas of the consequences and outcomes from these sort of things!! Doesn't stop either of us having our say though.