Comment on When did breasts become a thing that needed to be concealed in public and why?

• confused_code_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why? You’re disappointed with the explanation? Disagree with it? Or you don’t like it’s somewhat informal tone? I thought it was well written, enjoyed the information / humor, and can respect the explanation.

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  • hysterika@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Literally the only thing this comment manages to say is that its writer views women as objects, that women exist a status symbol for men, like bro he literally compares women to a gold bar in a glass box what the fuck do you mean hahahahaha. The most discouraging part out of all of this is that people here are agreeing with it.

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    • ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He’s saying that HISTORICALLY women were viewed as such. That’s his guess at what logic prehistoric humans went through, not his own.

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      • hysterika@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are we really out here ignoring the fact that mans said that breasts were evolved for men??? Like come on, don’t make excuses for this guy

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    • cybersandwich@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m blown away that you’ve managed to be offended by this.

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    • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m sorry it came of that way. It was not my intention. The gold bar part is perhaps a bit unfortunate. I was trying to illustrate and emphasise to the reader that doing anything carries a risk and that people of different regions and cultures have made different choices to manage those perceived risks based on their circumstances.

      I believe people, more often than not, make choices out of practicality. Morals, religion, politics, fads, all come and go. “Hey, wife, those guys are staring, I know it’s not convenient, but can you cover up” has probably been said by males partners pretty consistently over the years.

      The word steal might have been a bad choice too, now that I think about it. Perhaps kidnap would have also worked.

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      • hysterika@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think a really important part in this is that in a situation where other men are leering at someone’s wife, the better response is to address the behaviour of the men, and not to ask her to cover up, because effectively what this does is shift the responsibility of their bad behaviour onto her. I get what you’re saying that many cultures are patriarchal, but it’s really important to be critical of what we’re raised to believe, and unlearn as much as we can, rather than continuing the cycle.

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• HerrVorragend@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nomen est omen

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