Women in shorts cause car to “crash” into pole

[Summer Hathaway]

202. And you can discern all of that

from a decades-old photograph? That's amazing!

"The virginal pristine white shorts against the dirty, rough clothing of the working men." Or just two women wearing white on a spring day, walking past on-the-job men in working clothes that were the everyday norm at the time.

"The disrespectful leers ...". Looks like appreciative smiles to me.

"The Hansel and Gretal hand holding, indicative of support or fear." Or two women holding hands as they strolled down the street, which was completely normal at the time - a display of friendship between two friends, having nothing to do with fear, mutual support, or fairy tales.

"The clothing of the women (tennis outfits?) indicating higher social class." Or two young ladies wearing the latest fashion craze - like mini-skirts or go-go boots.

" It looks as though, rather than 'causing' a car crash they crashed in the wrong neighborhood and are walking into sexual violence." Looks as though two young women are walking down the street together - and there was no 'car crash', as can plainly be seen by the undamaged car.

"The violence of the crash. It's a psychologically loaded picture alright. The women are being mocked, not admired. Owned. Dependent. Frightened." Again, the 'crash' that clearly never happened. Where are the women being mocked? How is this a 'psychologically- loaded' picture? The faces of the men clearly show appreciation - not mockery, nor 'leering'. And how you get 'owned, dependent and frightened' from an innocuous photo - especially one that doesn't even show the women's faces and their true reaction, is mind-boggling.

Have you ever participated in a Rorschach test? Somehow I think that every ink-blot would represent leering men lusting after virginal, dependent, frightened women.

Yet another post that makes me grateful that RL men and women don't see such things in everything they view - not because they aren't aware of sexism, but because they refuse to 'see' it in everything, especially when it clearly isn't there.