Gender, Sexuality & What Attitudes to Peepholes Reveal

[mollymeek]

Peepholes in men's toilets too

(Razor TV)

"Peepholes in men's toilets" would be a reasonable headline. But "Peepholes in men's toilets too"? Do I sense the somewhat (or perhaps more than somewhat) sexist assumption that women attract sexual attention (objectification through a gaze) whereas there is nothing about men that attracts scopophilic

Comments

[hansel25]

all i can think is - the reporter needs speech lessons as much as Ris Low. that's gnawing.

[mollymeek]

I think he sounds unnatural more than anything else (rather clear even if wrong pronunciation, constant pace, no stressed/unstressed syllables) and this could be possibly be a result of speech lessons (gone wrong).

[thursnext]

You're spot on about the sexism, I think what's going on here is this:

Being stared at is what female bodies are for - but women are damaged in some way if they are not stared at by the right men. (Consent is only relevant in so far as they are using it to reserve themselves for the right man, i.e. husband.)

Being stared at is not what male bodies are for - it will not happen to them, so the idea of whether it is consensual or not is irrelevant.

Under this system, everybody loses: sexual assault of women is only taken seriously if they can fit into the template of 'good girl', and sexual assault of men is rendered invisible altogether.

[mollymeek]

Sexual assault of men by women is usually not recognized unless the "man" involved is underaged. But the sexual assault of men by men might be a little different. lol