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As seen on a wide variety of LJ accounts. I have to say there's a clear consensus on the idea of treating women's bodies as public commons and it's not heading in the direction of commutarian touching. Who could have predicted that outcome?
As seen on a wide variety of LJ accounts. I have to say there's a clear consensus on the idea of treating women's bodies as public commons and it's not heading in the direction of commutarian touching. Who could have predicted that outcome?
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Date: 2008-04-22 03:41 pm (UTC)If it were "Can I hug you?" or "Can I touch you?" in general, that would be one thing. One could then enter into negotiations of where touching was acceptable. But this is solely about "Can I touch your breasts?" Can I grab the Cosmic Titty? Can I cry on your shoulder about how no one understands that I'm really a Nice Guy TM? Can I get over the pain of an abusive society by groping you?
This whole thing is framed and executed so incredibly badly, I can't even begin to entertain it as valid activism. Why didn't women get Green for "I have autonomy over this space, don't even ask to touch me." and Red for "I'm ready for contact."? It's framed totally from the possessor's point of view. Green, go ahead, means 'I can possess this' and Red, stop, means 'I can't'. It automatically puts the weight, as always, of denial or submission of on the subject of the question.
Why would you even need to make a button for "Don't ask me if you can grab my breasts."? It shows a silent acknowledgment that the default is not the woman having the right not to be addressed as simply a bearer of a pair of tits. If you want to go around wearing a button that says, "Ask me if you can grab my breasts!" that's one thing. But to even dream up a RED LETTER for 'non-participating' women is completely ludicrous.
Anything that distills women down to their breasts is simply never going to be anything but vile to me. This is totally different from "please, enter my personal space and commune with me". This is not breaking down any barriers to women being seen as humans and not breast-bearers. This is not just a step backwards, this is throwing one's self down the stairs.