tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603018275434744408.post6218849725423807383..comments2023-10-26T02:37:38.601-07:00Comments on A GERMAN in WALES: The puritans are coming!jojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15649969899895506614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603018275434744408.post-73915339900812719242013-08-26T12:10:46.301-07:002013-08-26T12:10:46.301-07:00Well, this is a pretty thoughtful comment, thank y...Well, this is a pretty thoughtful comment, thank you! I suppose much of what you say is right but I would say that I am happy not to impose ANY gender culture on anybody. Why should we change men (or women for that matter) anyway if their behaviour doesnt hurt anybody? Clearly page 3 pictures dont do anybody harm and I am not sure that removing them makes for fewer rapes or domestic violence. At the end of the day, the Sun has a circulation that reaches fewer than 1 million people a day in this country. That's less than one 60th of the population. Is it worth fighting culture wars over this? <br /><br />Perhaps the reason some parts of the feminist movement latch on to this issue is that it has totemic meaning for them. I am not sure that's a good reason to fight something. jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649969899895506614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603018275434744408.post-85188500652038993012013-08-25T12:25:34.203-07:002013-08-25T12:25:34.203-07:00On this I respectfully disagree as you seem to be ...On this I respectfully disagree as you seem to be putting different things in the same basket.<br />Slutwalks were initiated as a specific response to the Canadian rape incident and subsequent insane remark. In many similar circumstances, people are blaming the victim (specifically her appearance) rather than the raper. The other week, a Swedish Muslim all covered up with a Hijab was raped - will they say that the way she uncovered her eyelids induced the rape?<br />By the same token, all other feminist campaigns re magazine covers and page-3 girls have nothing to do with being puritans, as you know, but aim at creating a different gender culture and a radically different view of the female body.<br />Someone complaining about FKK could be named a puritan. People trying to change how gender identities and roles are perceived in our society shouldn't be put in the same basket.<br />In Hackney, there's one street with many strip-joints; customers often hanged around in the street outside to smoke and chat. After watching the shows, many customers felt it is ok to harass any woman that passed by that street on their way home after office work.<br /><br />It is pretty clear that some brainless people find it very hard to distinguish between different female human beings, between those who work in the striptease profession or in prostitution and those who happen to be doing something completely different like office work. With much respect for all professions, these men feel completely justified to approach and deal with all women in the same way.<br /><br />This is what needs to be changed. This is why some unnecessary nudity needs to be covered up. <br /><br />As for the religious-induced puritanism, well that is a completely different story. And if you ask me, bigotry ignorance and narrow-mindedness is what I would answer.N from Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405533621896027156noreply@blogger.com