Men Will Never Truly Understand A Day In The Life of Women. But Shouldn’t We Try?

[Tumbulu]

102. I really do not like women who play up

the sexual attire to attract men, to taunt men, to flirt with them. I see it as a power grab and then they (the men) react in a power grab way in return.

It is exactly what I rebelled against in the 70's and I remain appalled that it is just seen as OK, as a "choice" etc. It is not a choice. It is playing by the old game- the old catch a man with sex game.

First of all, who wants to catch a man? (Vrs developing a friendship or a partnership, etc)

And what do you get if you catch them?

40 years ago, maybe one got a wedding ring, marriage, supported while tending the children...I don't know, I found/find the whole game humiliating for both sexes and frankly cannot believe it is still being played. And I do not think it empowers anyone.

It just makes me sick.

Now when I see some woman all dolled up wearing silly sexy clothes, I do not feel one bit of sympathy when she gets cat calls and harassed by men on the street. I feel as though she is inciting it by on purpose wearing clothes that provoke. One chooses to wear clothes like this. They are sexist and usually quite uncomfortable as well. Why in the hell would anyone do this if they were not trying to attract sexual attention. When a normally dressed woman is harrassed, then she has my complete sympathy and this happens way too often!

I feel as though, as an older woman I have a sort of duty to point this out to younger women who due to the media and the overwhelming influence of porn on everything somehow think nothing of wearing these types of clothes.