07-21-2014, 08:55 PM
(07-21-2014, 07:14 PM)Agileguy Wrote: I agree with the sentiment of this thread. However:
As straight men we will never really understand what it's actually like to be judged every day for how we look like women are.
ok, fair enough, i will concede that most men have no idea what it is like to be a woman being assaulted with media and social norms that tells them they have to look a certain way. Fact remains though, the proportions of your body are something that most people have control over and therefore, can change.
When I lived in Dubai, there were a good few years where I experienced a good deal of racism against myself and my friends. So I know what it's like to be judged (harshly) for being a certain way that's different from others. The colour of my skin is something that I have no control over. But you get past shit like that, because that's life. You can't do anything about it, so you just look past the dickwads telling you you're inferior or whatever, and move on with your life (and hopefully make it so that you have the last laugh some time down the line).
But with bodily health? Fuck that. Most people have the ability to make themselves healthy. If you can change things for the better in your life, you should. If you choose to ignore that opportunity and instead wallow in a vat of mayonnaise and doritos and then complain that society doesn't think you're beautiful, I don't care if you're male, female, transgendered, asexual, klingon, wookiee, or a muthafuckin reptilian humanoid illuminati overlord you're a fuckin slob and you are not physically beautiful.