• Okokimup@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Yes and no. I can’t relate to all the discussions about men being sexually inappropriate because I’m basically invisible to them. Which is obviously great that I haven’t been harassed and is pretty freeing now that I have zero interest in sex/romance.

    But it is frustrating to hear anyone talk about women as if we all experience the same thing. Men do it when they say “women can get anything they want just cuz they have boobz.” Women do it when they say “yes ALL women.” And it was upsetting when I wanted to find a partner.

    Being on the outside, I’ve only witnessed the downside of being pretty, when walking with attractive friends and random dudes cat call them.

    Then there’s the whole thing where, statistically, attractive people are more likely to be selected for jobs or be considered innocent of crimes. You don’t know how you might have been treated differently in any given situation based on your looks.

    • LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      16 days ago

      Crimes is a good point. I see this a lot with DA in the LGBT+ community eg “she must be the perp she’s really butch”. God knows how it goes in serious court cases. Imagine a rape where he’s far more attractive than she is…