• ButteryMonkey@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    Bunch of gross old men in charge of things are gross: more at 11.

    I’m glad you dudes are waking up to our reality tho :) welcome! We bake cookies! (Sometimes, if we feel like it.)

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    Just to be clear, feminism isn’t about not being attracted to beautiful women. It’s perfectly human to admire someone’s beautiful features, regardless of anyone’s gender. Feminism is about respect, equality, rejecting prescribed roles and limitations placed on gender, and acknowledging and addressing privilege and patriarchal systems of society.

    Notice none of those things means you can’t still like the sight of boobs, butts, legs, abs, biceps, or whatever gets you excited. It does mean that you shouldn’t reduce someone’s value to those things, nor should your excitement about seeing someone’s beautiful physical attributes become a problem for them, like if you harass them or catcall them over it, or worse.

    But Emma is well respected, not only as an actress but as an advocate, and she’s there to represent a great cause to the UN. They can respect her and her work and message and still think she’s a knockout at the same time. They’re not mutually exclusive, and that’s a pretty relevant part of feminism, divorcing worth as a person from sexuality and attractiveness.

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      Okay, but shouldn’t her speech about feminism be the reason these men are watching her, rather than her appearance?

      Yes, she’s beautiful, I get that. But in this case, she’s speaking about feminism and eaquality, and the first reaction is, “Oh wow, she looks good,” or “Damn, that ass.”

      I think that’s disrespectful and undermines the message of her speech. She’s not there as an actress, but as an advocate for women’s rights.

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    12 hours ago

    🤷 they may only get one chance to look at Emma Watsons ass in real life… They took it. Doesn’t make it right… I’m just saying.

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    A true gentleman knows how to appreciate a beautiful person without giving themselves whiplash.

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    16 hours ago

    Admit it, you did it too. Nobody would’ve noticed where the politicians were looking if they hadn’t gone back and paused.

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      Especially since the video shows they weren’t staring at her ass. You actually have to pause the right frame to get that misleading shot.