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In reply to the discussion: Do NOT say Hello To me.. [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,549 posts)The "sack on her head" comments or the "roll her in flour and find the hole" jokes? That too, is sexual harassment. Go to the People of Wallmart website and see some of the comments there. There's even porn sites for the disabled, the social-norm unattractive, the overweight.
I do understand your point; people in wheelchairs are ignored by men and women, people with physical deformities are ignored or tormented. Women who age turn "invisible" as far as general sexual desirability, (although I haven't found this to be completely true)
(BTW What makes people think that the old don't bathe? Or that the wrinkles that form are so deep they collect "crumbs"?, that's a cruel comment-- I know it didn't originate from you)
People who are considered plain, which is probably most people, still have their little vanities. But that's not your point. The girl in the video is cute enough, she will probably always be cute, but does that mean she deserves to be sexual harassed? She is saying she doesn't like it, no more that someone with a portwine birthmark on their face would want it pointed out every time they leave the house.
The difference is in thinking that being sexual desired is a complement, occasionally it is. But for women, it's often makes you feel like a collection of body parts, each individually evaluated, not a real person.
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