Is it ever okay to tell a woman- "If you don t want a man to stare at you innappropriately, cover yourself up."?
to me that is an example of normalizing rape culture, and is not okay.
to me that is an example of normalizing rape culture, and is not okay.
Elana
I suppose if she is walking down a public street butt naked and confused why she is causing a commotion, sure. But I'd rather leave that to the police.
Women KNOW what reaction they'll get when they uncover various parts of their body. Telling them this is not informing them, it is voicing your displeasure. Its certainly no better than a random person saying "I don't like that shirt on you" and, depending on the implications of how it is said, potentially considerably worse.
I fully believe a woman (or man) has a right to make a fool out of herself.
If her future employer thinks less of her because of what she sees, that's the employer's right.
Frankly, I don't care if people run around naked (well, there are sanitary issues), but people HAVE the right to judge them doing it. If we can judge people for their bizzarro hair styles, we can certainly judge them on the basis of how much they are trying to titillate the public.
Harry P. Ness
There is no such thing as rape culture, and if women don't want to be stared at, then why do they show half their boobs and half their ***? Because they want birds to see it? The female hypocrisy here is ridiculous.
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Of course it is ok. Providing people suggestions on how to avoid what they don't like happening to them is always ok. Frankly, if you're showing a lot of skin men will look and if some reason you don't like them looking your best course of action is to put more clothes on.
nineteenthly
Totally agree.
daljack -a girl
In my opinion that doesn't make sense. If you don't want someone to steal your car then buy a used, banged up, dirty vehicle and crack a couple of the windows. Same theory.