SlutWalks

[MrsSpringsteen]

There's nothing wrong with breaking the pattern from one generation to the next. That IS a critical issue and if both parents don't do that it will continue. A mother can and should have equal influence on how a boy->man treats women. I agree that raising the bar for fathers is, in general, a great idea. They should want to raise the bar for themselves, so should mothers.

A girl should be raised to value herself for who she is, not who any man thinks she is or for what any man can do for her. To stand alone, happily. That way she will be better equipped to be independent and have self esteem and to avoid creeps and jerks and chauvinists.

I never even gave that any thought to that John Mayer song and the lyrics. Frankly I just love "fathers be good to your daughters too" just because of what has always felt so lacking in my personal experience. Don't like him but I like that.That song just kind of makes me sad, honestly. Just that phrase.

 

[Irvine511]

FWIW, my grandmother told me "women must make men out of their boys." which i thought was interesting, not sure why she told me this when i was, like, 20, but she did. i assumed this was inherited wisdom of some sort.

 

[kafrun]

however, i don't think the mere possession of a vagina qualifies one for sainthood (nor do i think that's what you mean ... i'm just contesting the word "honor"). or, a vagina is no more saintly than a penis.

Sorry, I had to laugh at the image of saintly genitalia.

Ahem, anyway, I think it comes down to a matter of perspective on the word. I don't think of honouring anyone as necessarily putting them on a pedestal. I think we ought to respect the opposite sex just as we would want to be respected. Yes, some women are definitely dishonest, callous, cruel, etc. I still respect men in general, despite some of the creeps and dirtbags out there.

As I said, honour would just mean to me to hold a higher level of respect, generally for someone close to you. Your grandmother is a perfect example. I think one's life partner, the person you've made a commitment to, should be in that category. Not on a pedestal or up for sainthood, no. Just with an extra amount of reverence for the role they play in your life.

I think a world where we're taught to respect others in general and honour the close relationships in our lives would be a world with less disregard for human life and each other's boundaries.

I think that's what the article may have had the intention of stating, but yes, it veered off in a very paternalistic, unrealistic path.

 

[Irvine511]

if i've upset anyone in this thread, please know that "daughters" has been in my head for the past 48 hours, so i'm being duly punished.









(kidding ... but not about the "daughters" part ... ugh ...)

 

[Canadiens1131]

Came into this thread looking for sluts and left with mental image of saintly genitals.

 

[ryancoke71]

Best one liner ever!!!!

 

[corianderstem]

These aren't the sluts you're looking for.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Corie, after a couple beers, they're always the sluts you're looking for

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Was C3P0 more prone to sexual assault because he chose to walk around all the time with that bulging golden codpiece?

 

[Jive Turkey]

Not to mention the slutty midriff bearing top

 

[deep]

I was going to post some pictures of that Taylor Momsen, actress from Gossip Girl, I have never watched but she is in the news lately.

>>>>(edit for cori) the thought was that people coming into this thread, get the proper payoff

she has proper slut pictures, she could be the 'grand master' of the walk.

but then I saw she was under-aged, she is only 17 (note to GAF).

I don't want to get us closed down.

 

[corianderstem]

.... thanks? I guess?

 

[corianderstem]

I found out that the lovely people of the Westboro Baptist "Church" will be protesting the Seattle SlutWalk.

Goody.

 

[Jive Turkey]

One day I will turn on the internet and there will be a video of the WBC getting poop flung at them. I look forward to that day

 

[ryancoke71]

I found out that the lovely people of the Westboro Baptist "Church" will be protesting the Seattle SlutWalk.

Goody.

Oh good Lord! Those jerks are everywhere!

 

[PhilsFan]

One day I will turn on the internet and there will be a video of the WBC getting poop flung at them. I look forward to that day

Those people who fling the poop will get sued to death. The WBC is the best at that shit.

 

[yolland]

Westboro's tweet announcing it has the hashtag GodHatesSluts.

 

[mama cass]

I found out that the lovely people of the Westboro Baptist "Church" will be protesting the Seattle SlutWalk.

Goody.

Westboro's tweet announcing it has the hashtag GodHatesSluts.

gah those people (WBC) make me so mad lol

 

[Irvine511]

Westboro's tweet announcing it has the hashtag GodHatesSluts.

and suddenly, we fags feel less special.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I'm sure they think you're all sluts

 

[nathan1977]

Actually, given Jesus' interaction with the woman caught in adultery and his friendship with Mary Magdalene, it's actually the opposite: God loves sluts.

Wrong again, Westboro Baptist.

 

[kafrun]

Oh, those crazy Phelps.

The 30 Best Anti-Westboro Baptist Church Protest Signs: Pics, Videos, Links, News

 

[deep]

 

[DrTeeth]

Oh, those crazy Phelps.

The 30 Best Anti-Westboro Baptist Church Protest Signs: Pics, Videos, Links, News

This is the best way to deal with those freaks

 

[kafrun]

This is the best way to deal with those freaks

And how.

 

[kafrun]

Hold onto your lunches:

Broad Street Review: Male sex abuse and female naiveté

 

[Irvine511]

Hold onto your lunches:

Broad Street Review: Male sex abuse and female naiveté

SaraKay Smullens, an experienced and insightful Philadelphia family therapist, recently posted an essay in BSR maintaining that the alleged sexual abuses of prominent men like Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvio Berlusconi are merely the tip of the iceberg

wait, wait, wait.

are we comparing the escorts for Berlusconi and the willing maid with Schwarzenegger to the woman who was allegedly RAPED by DSK?

there's a huge, huge, huge difference between all these people.

while we can call Berlusconi, Scwharzenegger, Weiner, and Edwards sleazy or whatever, all of them had sex (or, didn't even have sex) with 100% willing and eager female partners.

DSK -- if the allegations are true -- is an entirely different thing.

anyway ...

 

[Pearl]

Hold onto your lunches:

Broad Street Review: Male sex abuse and female naiveté

Once again, a man blaming the woman when she gets sexually assaulted. It never ends.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Um, who is that guy?

"Don’t trust your male friends"

Way to go dude, way to have such a high opinion of your own gender. And such high standards for them.

Yeah, Lara Logan deserved what happened to her in Egypt-it was all a result of wearing that dress. Erin Andrews deserved it too.

 

[kafrun]

Oh yeah, there's just so much wrong with that piece. The worst for me, personally, was saying that taking a job as a "masseuse" means you shouldn't be surprised at being mistaken for a prostitute. Uhhh, what? I work in a chiropractic clinic doing intensive phyical therapy through message on patients and fail to see the parallels between that and massage therapy. ASS.

Also, some of the comments on the article are even more bewildering. Some from women.