Reply #127: I'm wondering if we're reading the same thing, also. [View All]

[noamnety]

The article I read was not written in a gender neutral way, although you're discussing it as though it was - and as though I'm the one "framing this" as if the women have low sex drives. The ARTICLE framed it that way. If you disagree with the article's framing, that's not my fault.

The article I read says: "The penis rules. Or should, anyway." In other words, the man's sexual desires are more important than the woman's. That's not as a gender neutral statement. It absolutely is talking about men's entitlement to women's bodies.

The article I read tells WOMEN how they should act in public - "Be a lady" in public - what exactly does THAT mean? Why is that part of this article? Don't be too assertive? And it tells women how they should act in the bedroom - using a gendered slur, not a gender neutral term that reflects healthy attitudes toward sex and intimacy, and it uses a slur that carries some serious historical baggage related to slavery, human trafficking, and lack of free will for women, specifically.

The article I read tells men how to behave in relationships - not because it will make life more emotionally rewarding for their partners, but for the express purpose of manipulating them so that women will make themselves sexually available.