Breasts
Apparently, men are freely allowed to comment with impunity on the appearance of a woman's breasts, say that big tits look disgusting, or weird, or gross, and make rather ignorant comments about being flat-chested or saggy.

Yet, if I were to comment on a man's chest hair, the technically inessential but natural skin covering that varies greatly in fluffiness and appearance on a man, I'd be strung up from the nearest tree. To remove the chest hair by waxing would be painful and unnecessary, and, quite rightly, I can't insist upon it. Yet, it seems that it's perfectly fine for there to be some sort of pressure on women to have their breasts enhanced surgically and non-surgically.

The point I'm trying clumsily to make is that some members of each sex are boorish and stupid. They make insensitive comments about others of the opposite sex based on prejudice and thoughtlessness and this is true regardless of their own sex. Caring men and women should join together against the stupid and decide not to make ignorant comments about other people. They shouldn't be whining about how they want to be able to make unpleasant personal comments but that the PC brigade won't let them and it's unfaaaaairrrrr.

True equality is about being equally fair and pleasant to each other, not having the right to be equally prejudiced and unpleasant.
( in vino veritas, Wed 30 Dec 2009, 10:14, 1 reply)

I don't make this point
to try and give myself some right to comment harshly on women's genitals, but to illustrate a double standard.

I think that unflattering comments on women's breasts are also insensitive, demeaning, and generally abhorrent, and I think almost all right thinking and decent people would agree.

I was commenting on societal attitudes and acceptability towards disgusting comments from, and about, both sexes.
(LickOutTheJamsMotherfuckers!, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 0:54, closed)