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> the men who don’t respect women do respect men
There are people that don't respect anybody. If someone's being an asshole to a woman it doesn't necessary mean it's about sexism.
Btw, sexism != the discrimination of women. It's a discriminations based on person's sex - so it's discrimination of men as well e.g. implying they have to have particular qualities and behave in certain ways.
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Can you explain why men should feel uncomfortable with that video? I'm a man, and I watched it, and felt zero feelings of discomfort about toned men in revealing underwear and junk. If anything, the absurdity of it all was pretty entertaining. So what, exactly, should men feel uncomfortable about here?
If it could be explained the world would be a far better place. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. So we have to rely on empathy when we hear people different than ourselves say something makes them uncomfortable.
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My first thought was the author didn't understand the point of the video, but reading the next paragraph showed that he absolutely did. He's saying he was extremely uncomfortable watching the video, but this is what women have to deal with all the time . As uncomfortable as that video makes him, the original Robin Thicke video is just as bad for women (editorializing here: it's probably worse for women, because of th…
He's saying he was extremely uncomfortable watching the video, but this is what women have to deal with all the time. I understand that, but am just remarking that the video just seems like a camp pastiche of a pop song with some men in glittery pants rather than an example of something particularly outlandish. The original seems pretty sleazy and fairly rubbish, but as far as sleazy music videos go it is definitely…
However, you're looking at the wrong thing with the original video. Yes, the video itself is pretty tame. The problem with Blurred Lines is the lyrics.