I dare to write about: Men and Women Today

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163. BellaKos,

I'm 48 years old. I remember the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and the oughties. There is no need for you to patronize me.

"And it's a good thing that you recognize that people share many common traits, irrespective of gender. Unfortunately, it's not a universal attitude." Um, yes. It's apparently not YOUR attitude, either, or you wouldn't have written this OP.

Leaving aside the sweeping generalizations (and the binary hetero-normativity) of your OP, what you're doing here is putting the responsibility for gender equality squarely on women. You're upset that younger women "offer their bodies as sex objects," but you don't bother to look at the context in which this happens. Where, I wonder, would a young woman get the idea that the way she looks naked is more important than anything she thinks or achieves? Are young women just born that way now, or do they receive messages from the society around them?

And again, do young men get a free pass for their sexual transgressions? Or are they just so "sensitive" on the inside that their behavior doesn't matter?