General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Women in public, no matter how they're dressed, are not "inviting" ANYTHING. [View all]Prism
(5,815 posts)You seem to be having about as much luck with that as could be predicted.
I stared at a woman this morning. She had on a pretty sun dress, belt, shoes, and purse. For some reason, it struck me, so I kind of spacily looked at her ensemble and thought, "That is really well put together."
Now, I'm a gay man. I had no sexual interest at all. I was simply admiring the effect of her clothing choices.
Did she see an ogling male? Was my attention unwanted? I don't know. All personal interactions require a bit of interpretation, and our interpretations are slaves to our biases. I suspect if some of DU's resident Gender Police had witnessed that scene, it would've been characterized as downright predatory on my part. "Look at that man staring at that woman!"
I was staring. For perfectly benevolent cause.
Humans are complex like that.
Which is why simplistic, ahuman garbage like this is always met with the predictable amount of volatility. If your ideology seems like it's never even met a breathing person, it's garbage.