Quote Originally Posted by Annabelle Larousse View Post
I’ll say this, Noortje—if you want to know why your thread has upset me. This anti-male stuff that you’re throwing at us and that I’ve been hearing all my life is just an attempt to make us feel bad about ourselves.
I just want to say that I've read the link that corroborates Noortje's point:

http://kotaku.com/5868595/nerds-and-male-privilege

I take it the "male privilege" referred to is nothing more than the male tendency to sexualize women in the media. This exists throughout our culture and it is evident not only within the CDing community (take a look at some of the pics in the Gallery and on CDer pages in Flickr), but in the gaming industry as well. And comic books. And the movies. And music videos. And in clothing outlets such as Victorias Secrets. And also obviously in the porn industry. Men are sexual creatures, and in terms of the sexualization of women in clothing catalogs, women want to be appealing to men. But at the same time we all know that the regular "Joe" doesn't walk around believing that the women in his life are all sex kittens and treating them as such.

I'm not saying that I agree with objectifying women, just that it is what it is.