tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post3744241114984718398..comments2024-01-30T02:02:02.972-05:00Comments on Ms.Marx: On Pop Culture: Street Harassment comicMs.Marxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-55728517605954463892011-09-03T16:47:35.314-04:002011-09-03T16:47:35.314-04:00Do you think there's such a thing as a sociabl...Do you think there's such a thing as a sociably-acceptable, appreciative look? A look that acknowledges the intense physical pleasure of regarding an attractive human, without leering and the implication of predatory sexual intent?<br /><br />As a man who spent most of his youth with a salaciously tunnel-visioned focus on other men, I've only recently become aware of the extraordinary beauty of women. So I've had the interesting experience of developing the Heterosexual Male Gaze when I'm ostensibly mature enough to observe and school my own behaviour. If not looking at women at all is the only way to accord them their right not to feel molested then, well, that's the way it'll be. It's not so different from not staring at men for fear of getting gay-bashed. But, also not so differently, it seems like a bit of a shame to go head-down through the art gallery of the people of the world.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696373708222311723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-56566569884125667102010-09-10T19:07:13.432-04:002010-09-10T19:07:13.432-04:00Agreed, but then when you are being commented on i...Agreed, but then when you are being commented on in this way all day, the men making the comments seem rather intimidating, so I think it is fitting in that respect.Ms.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-40615074388222612642010-09-09T14:33:49.648-04:002010-09-09T14:33:49.648-04:00The only thing I don't like is that the comic ...The only thing I don't like is that the comic sort of portrays all the men as evil looking, sort of like how rape myths generally suggest rapists are only scary, stalker-types. But otherwise, yes, very good.konkonsnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-47109657241859558532010-09-06T14:00:57.955-04:002010-09-06T14:00:57.955-04:00Barry, thank you for coming up with so many though...Barry, thank you for coming up with so many thoughtful and though provoking comics. I highly recommend anybody who is reading this to check out the website, which is linked through the name on the previous comment.Ms.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-75436937769659004392010-09-05T13:04:35.874-04:002010-09-05T13:04:35.874-04:00Thanks so much for linking to my cartoon! And exce...Thanks so much for linking to my cartoon! And excellent post.Barry Deutschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796981762797604817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-60854621555160056692010-09-05T12:03:27.498-04:002010-09-05T12:03:27.498-04:00Thanks for this... I keep planning to read it but ...Thanks for this... I keep planning to read it but haven't gotten around to it (but I will soon!). Yes, she does get a lot of bad press... and in class I often have to point out how much she has actually done for the feminist movement. Most people can't get over the (oversimplified) hetero sex as violence part of her work to understand what she was actually getting at, which I think is quite valid in many respects.Ms.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-47343308781945258752010-09-03T12:11:21.246-04:002010-09-03T12:11:21.246-04:00Reminds me of an old Dallas Radio interview with A...Reminds me of an old Dallas Radio interview with Andrea Dworkin (who gets too much unwarranted and ignorant bad press) where, when she was trying to explain everyday sexual violence, the majority of the callers during the call-in period accused her of being irrational. She kept trying to demystify the situation but, well... the comic is a good reflection on that, as are your comments.<br /><br />The transcript for the Dworkin interview is here:<br />http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/DallasRadioI.htmlJMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384595330293618571noreply@blogger.com