Ruth Orkin: American Girl in Italy, 1951.
Posted on 10/06/2006 1:42:51 AM PDT by beaversmom
I'D never buy a copy of Men's Health magazine, just like I'd never pay for People, Us or even Real Simple.
But that doesn't mean I don't sometimes flip through those magazines, and Men's Health is now diversion No. 1 one when I spy a copy at the gym or doctor's office.
All because of this tidbit from an article titled "Your To-Don't List — 19 things a man should never do":
"Leer ... pervert isn't a label you can just peel off."
The ellipses save you from salacious descriptions that detract from the main message. Photos throughout the magazine of women's bodies, tousled hair but no names likewise undermine the sincerity. Still: As a woman reading an R-rated, straight-man's magazine that according to The New York Times has a circulation of "almost 1.8 million": Thank you.
Now, this is where some of you will say: "Here comes another feminist rant against men's innocent and sometimes physically uncontrollable impulse to appreciate the beauty of the opposite sex."
And here's where I say, "What is the member of the opposite sex supposed to do with those moments when a man visually takes in her whole body, top to bottom — without apology or even embarrassment — as if entitled to something?"
I'm not talking about quick glances. I'm talking about appraising stares that render many, many women of all ages uncomfortable once any shreds of embarrassed flattery run their course.
Maybe because I'm the mother of two young girls I've become an observer of men ogling teenage girls. They do it all the time, no matter what the teenagers are wearing or what they are doing. I find myself superimposing my kid on those teenagers' bodies and I get creeped out.
That'll be my daughter buying the bag of Kettle Korn...
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Ruth Orkin: American Girl in Italy, 1951.
What a pile of crap.
We have several young female employees where I work. Quite often, they dress entirely inappropriately for a professional workplace.
I'm always amused by the "don't look at me but I'll dress like a tramp" school of thought.
later ;-)
she is physically ugly without seeing her picture.
She is stuck in the 1970's and refuses to accept that feminism is dead.
This article is a reason that not only should be Feminist Studies Programs be eradicated, anyone with a feminsit studies degree should have their degree revoked.
In the 1970s my very young secretary in my Manhattan office was (1) an Anglo-Argentine and (2) drop-dead gorgeous. She had actually been a model for a cosmetic company in Buenos Aires. (Imagine Grace Kelly with a bit of Latin in her walk.)
One fine day she uttered an unforgettable complaint to me. "Mr Aculeus, why is it that when I walk on the streets of New York (we were located on Park Avenue directly across the street from the Waldorf) the men do not celebrate my beauty?"
Methinks it's a cultural thing.
Next time, simply leer at her.
Don't dress like a Bratz doll and men won't leer. But if you wear it, we will look.
You should've told her that she's not really pretty unless she causes a wreck, but you would've broken her heart.
Thanks for the laugh! It's spot-on!
I guess women spend all the time doing their hair, putting on makeup, shaving their legs,picking out clothes,wearing painful high heels,etc., so nobody will look at them.
This is the same type of feminist who would GLADLY drop to her knees for Bill Clinton if it meant it would keep abortion unregulated.
They do it more to compete with each other than to get our attention, IMHO
I'm wondering how many of those women are really complaining about ogling, and how many are just unhappy that men don't consider them worth ogling
Cute
Don't forget an attractive women does not have to dress like a slut to be noticed. At 41 I welcome the "Leer". LOL
Fundamental Leykis 101. If you can ignore a good looking female, you already have one leg up (pun intended) so to speak. When I was younger and still in play, we had two favorite techniques:
One was to whistle/hoot not at the girl in question, but something other like a friend, car, etc. Once they got over the intial deflation that they weren't the object of desire, then you could move in after they had been softned up a little bit.
Two is more traditional - pay attention to the tag-alone uglier friend. Those who undestood the inside game actually appreciated this techniques, as the less-attractive one got some needed face time that they normally wouldn't get, and the prettier one got to sit in on the 'interview' to see if the suitor was suitable.
Anyway, for all the youngsters out there, I'm sure these techniques are still in play.
That usually works, however, have you seen Jerry Springer's daughter? They showed her the other night on Dancing with Stars (my wife made me snippets). JS is supposed to be practicing for her wedding. I almost fell out of my chair - Darwin appears to have failed in this case.
With some women's "fashions" these days, I'm not really staring thinking, "she's hot;" I'm thinking, "wow, hookers sure are getting brazen," or, "women/girls with a paunch should not wear low-rise pants," or "I wonder when she's going to regret that tramp stamp?"
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