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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)(Many here remember the same several years of episodes with them that I do, and some newer members have missed some very enlightening chapters.)
Ever since DU3 got started they have been insisting on favoritism for themselves, and those followers who will forego disagreeing with them at all. They insist the rules here don't apply to them, and say they are persecuted on the rare occasions when the rules do in fact get applied to them At the same time, they reject any need to treat others as they demand to be treated. It is always done with a very overbearing and arrogant air of entitlement, and freely peppered with as many demeaning insults as they think they can get away with. I (still) completely oppose that attitude and those who promote it, and want nothing to do with it.
So while I agree that the SISI cover is OTT (not because of a feminist theory but simply because it depicts women in a degrading way -- that's the quality that needs to be resisted from my pov), the discussion about it has been worthwhile and there certainly couldn't be a discussion without first seeing the image. For the most part, I don't think what's ok to be shown should be a matter for rules and laws, but for subjective opinions and voting in the marketplace of ideas.
So at this point, I would switch my "vote" and yes, allow it here. I have a bigger problem with the SISI cover itself being displayed openly in publc though, which as I see it is just adding to the stifling level of degrading garbage already in pop culture. On that public aspect of it, I'm not going to bend my opinion much. I think it is really damaging to our society as a whole, especially women and girls, and I think it's outrageous that any sector or wave of feminism supports it.
(Btw, I'm a woman too, 64 years now. So I do understand women. Very well.)