'Get your arse out, mate': we turn the tables on everyday sexism

[Behind the Aegis]

106. More or less a "Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes" program.

While I certainly think things like this can be useful in a social "experiment" like this, there is a major drawback in that there is no processing after the fact. This and those experiments like it can be useful from a sociological and psychological stance. A few men will never experience those type of behaviors, many men will only have it happen a few times, and usually "brush it off," and a small fraction will have similar things happen, but not necessarily because of sexism (homophobia, racism, religious discrimination).

I have been sexually harassed by mostly women, and a few men. It is not a very pleasant experience, but it is not something common in my life. My mother, on the other had, has had this happen quite a bit, even in front of us when we were small children. Of the four boys, only one, that I have witnessed, has ever done something similar to some of the things in the video. I immediately called him out on it (and yes, I told my mother, even though I was 32 and he was 30). Since the majority of my friends are female, I have been around this many times. One asshole was really aggressive with a friend of mine who happened to have large breasts. He grabbed his crotch and stated he had a "big dick" and wanted her to "blow him." I replied, "I bet my dick is bigger and since that seems to be important, why don't you suck my dick!" Needless to say, that threw him off his game, he muttered "fag" and toddled off.

Sadly, many people don't understand some things until it happens to them or to someone they love. Compassion and empathy are very much in short supply.