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would you be comfortable having a "Racist jokes" thread and using the same "it's only visible if one chooses" argument?
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Maybe, or at least I see comedians say things that would be considered racist (or sexist or otherwise offensive) and still see them as funny without actually being racist.. though I guess that's different maybe, as the comedian is usually playing on the stereotype itself rather than the subject of the stereotype.
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In addition, is the thread structured in such a way that people could post pictures of women who don't conform to traditional or Western standards of beauty and not be ridiculed?
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People basically post what they like, and the times when someone's objected to something being posted because it didn't meet some standard the response usually equates to STFU, but maybe that's just my rose coloured memory. I'd want that to be the case.
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Further to this, if there are women on this forum who are attracted to other women, is the thread safe for them to enter and not feel shamed about their appearances by some of the comments from other members?
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I hope so, but I'm not sure. I certainly have seen posts outside of that thread that shame pictures of women based on their appearance though.
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Couldn't intelligence be seen as one factor of attractiveness, or is the thread exclusively dedicated to physical attractiveness?
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People post what they find physically attractive for the most part in that thread, sometimes other abilities are a factor
I guess in a way I see it like posting musicians in a my favourite artist type thread; evaluating someone based only on their musical prowess. One can objectify based on anything, and that's not necessarily bad as long as it's subject most of the time object sometimes. It's just that we live in a society where objectification of women is an actual systemic problem. If we were trying to advertise CP by using women jumping topless on a trampoline that'd be different.. or at least it feels different.