Looking at a woman posing half-naked in a bikini equates to objectification? They're posing. Half-naked. In a bikini. Should we be talking about their ability to play chess, instead?
If it was a thread full of everyday pictures of women going about their days, minding their own business, dressed in their normal, everyday attire, and guys were all commenting on their looks and talking about their asses, then absolutely... that kind of behaviour should be throatpunched asap. Go to town on that sh*t, and I'd back you up 100%.
However, for the most part, we're talking about a thread full of pictures of women posing in next-to-nothing, with the specific intent of being looked at in a sexualized manner. My point isn't that it's not objectification. Of course it's objectification. It's meant to be objectification. That's the point of those kinds of pictures.
Discussing misogyny is fine. Actual misogyny should be uncovered and beaten over the head with a frozen trout. I just think sometimes we also need a thread for discussing the word context.
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