I wouldn't worry about Leland, he's just a snob who can't see that he's just stuck in a state of puritanical thinking, who quite possibly wants a moratorium on beaches and public bathing.
A crop top on a guy is aesthetically revolting. That's some skin I don't want to see. Seeing some skin on a woman in public isn't automatically going to make my pants rise and offend me. Tomorrow we will all be in diapers, in wheelchairs or crutches shitting ourselves with skin that looks like a wet paper bag so if you have sex appeal today, it's perfectly reasonable to want to flaunt it.
And of course, getting rid of objectification would be silly and impossible anyways. Sometimes I want to be a sexual object, sometimes not. If I get tied up or tie up my partner, that's not patriarchal oppression, it's great sex.
If you want to be a designer though, you have to expect a fair amount of negativity. A little bit of hostility to your work is probably a good thing, for one it will keep your wits sharp. Then look at the people whom you've upset, maybe you're upsetting the right people.
A crop top on a guy is aesthetically revolting. That's some skin I don't want to see. Seeing some skin on a woman in public isn't automatically going to make my pants rise and offend me. Tomorrow we will all be in diapers, in wheelchairs or crutches shitting ourselves with skin that looks like a wet paper bag so if you have sex appeal today, it's perfectly reasonable to want to flaunt it.
And of course, getting rid of objectification would be silly and impossible anyways. Sometimes I want to be a sexual object, sometimes not. If I get tied up or tie up my partner, that's not patriarchal oppression, it's great sex.
If you want to be a designer though, you have to expect a fair amount of negativity. A little bit of hostility to your work is probably a good thing, for one it will keep your wits sharp. Then look at the people whom you've upset, maybe you're upsetting the right people.
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