The Male Gaze

[Alpha Six]

We're laughing because we know in regular society it's NOT ok. Or at least that's why I do, that's why everyone I know does. It's funny BECAUSE it's disgusting and demeaning.

And this is how people get away with being crass assholes, racists, and sexists! Because as long as people are laughing, they'll get away with it. And this is another flaw of society; "Edgy Is Funny, Regardless of Peoples' Feelings." But that is a different debate for another time.

And how am I any less qualified in my opinions than you? What makes the people in your experience "larger society" while those in mine are just "my friends"?

Because the people in my "experience" are larger society. And it has nothing to do that I live in Las Vegas-- the people that are here are indicative of other places too.

Go to a high school campus and tell me most of the guys there aren't into promiscuous sex, bragging about who they slept with, and trying to get new people daily.

Go to a COLLEGE campus and tell me most of the guys there aren't into promiscuous sex, bragging about who they slept with, and trying to get new people daily.

Go to a public place that isn't a library or a church and tell me most of the guys there aren't into promiscuous sex, bragging about who they slept with, and trying to get new people daily.

Survey people if you have to.


If you can honestly tell me that you don't ever run into people like that, you are living in an incredibly secluded area and, guess what, a small minority of society.

This is the general public. And this is the problem. And as long as people continue to be blind about these sorts of things, this will continue to happen, and people will continue to not understand.

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One place looking like it's less indicative of society does not mean that society is Perfectly Fine. That is being blind.