I refuse to be baited on gender issues

[betsuni]

184. Baiting or mindless boasting

This isn't about DU, kind of OT. I've been feeling bad since I saw a "picture of the day" on the news site Japan Today. It was a photo of six young women visiting the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo ("View from the back&quot wearing winter jackets, knee-length skirts, black tights, boots. You can't see their faces or much of their bodies. There's nothing sexual about them or the way they're posing. Here are the comments:

"Oh yeah."
"I don't know if they like what they they see, but I know I do" (which received a response of "I'd check out their muggs and juggs before making a commitment&quot
"Good place to go on the hunt for a partner. Fill your fluffy boots, girls!"
"Six is my lucky number."
"Get rid of those ugly outfits and get in some shape first."
"Most if not all of them are not aware they wield more power than the brokers on the floor ... but unless those guys look up from their work, those girls are just background decoration."
"They wouldn't be let in any office even as secretaries."

I expect to see rude, sexual comments anytime a women is in a photo, but this is too much. It's not even baiting because women rarely bother responding to this kind of thread. What could you say, anyway? You'd be instantly bombarded with "You're just jealous, you ugly, hairy-legged, living-alone-with-a-cat, man-hating, all-you-can-eat-night-at-Pizza-Hut-fatty, lesbian feminist." That bus is never late. Go ahead and beat your chests with your fists for attention, gorilla-men. I guess you need to.