• TwistedTurtle@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    If a woman had made an identical comment about a dude posting with/without makeup photos it wouldn’t have drawn any ire.

    It wasn’t objectification. He never insinuated that her looks were all that mattered, or that she wasn’t a unique snowflake of a person - he simply mentioned his own preference about makeup.

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      10 days ago

      he simply mentioned his own preference about makeup.

      He mentioned his own preference about the woman pictured in the meme.

      If a woman had made an identical comment about a dude posting with/without makeup photos it wouldn’t have drawn any ire.

      It should draw ire.