It takes a lot of balls to admit to this level of ignorance, especially when you're that popular and scream compassion at every turn. I'm not even into free love and I'm pissed beyond belief. :banghead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWlFiYoutw"]MAN SLUTS - YouTube
do you know this guy or something? he really doesn't strike me as the "popular" type. he was a little annoying, but i've seen much worse.
He's a youtube "star" best known for plastering his life all over youtube in his videos and basically telling people how they should live their lives and getting pissy when people disagree. I first subscribed for his comedy videos (he's the I'm A Banana guy). He has this quasi-religious following of fans that worship the ground he walks on and agrees with everything he says, and most of them are pretty young (read:impressionable). Usually I'm not bothered by his bullshit opinions, but this one just struck a nerve, and I don't know why, really, but my jaw was on the fuckin ground for the duration. I don't know. I guess I just give people too much credit...
He's annoying. His eyeliner is distracting. I don't disagree with what he's saying. He is allowed to have his opinion on people who sleep around. Everyone is. Opinions and assholes, as they say. I did notice that while he disapproves of men doing this, he can't bring himself to speak the same pejorative against the men. (Other than in the titling)
Eyeliner... Lmao Manservant. I'm not sure either anymore. I like some of his opinions, and others that I don't like I usually let them roll off my shoulder, but this one shocked me... I don't know if I should have been or not because I've heard he's made closed-minded videos like this before, but not since I had subscribed, so I guess I just wasn't prepared. And he IS entitled to his opinion, I agree, but I think he needs to pay attention to the SCOPE of his words and think about it. If he really believes in being a good person and constantly trying to improve himself, you'd think he would make more of an effort to be self-aware of his bias and try not to just blatantly spout hateful shit toward a group of people that are doing nothing that harms him or even is any of his business. WTF?? I mean its just hurtful. Shame is kind of a big deal. People have jumped off of bridges over being ashamed of who they are. Why add to that over something so insignificant? I just don't understand. If the argument is that it's gross, then eating sweet potatoes is wrong because I find them gross. If the problem is that it's risky behavior, then everyone who drives a car is wrong because I'm just going to assume they're not taking the necessary precautions and putting themselves and others at risk. It's just a stupid fucking assertion to make and no matter what he says about it just being his opinion and supposedly it shouldn't matter to anyone but him, that's a load of bullshit. It's not just his opinion when he's using it as a means to base his respect for a person off of, because that is going to affect how he talks to those people, how he treats those people, etc. It obviously matters enough for him to say something about it in a very public way and gives some flimsy-ass reasons that are based on his own tiny perspective and takes no one else's into account. It may be his almighty opinion that he is entitled to and free speech and all that, but it doesn't make it any less irrational or hurtful to people that are relatively harmless (or at least we should be giving them the benefit of the doubt). Phew okay. I think it's out of my system... I think I'm just over this guy. The past few videos show that he's obviously not in a happy place, and with good reason because he just lost a fiancé and a best friend in the span of a few months over stupid shit that was kind of beyond his control. It just all reeks of bad vibes and he's just putting them out there and I'm just choking on it... I'm over it. I really am. Which is unfortunate because I used to look forward to his videos just as a fun little distraction... Whatever, way off topic. I'm done.
With slut shaming, I think it comes down to this. Nobody believes that women act slutty because they are just doing what they like to do. (Everyone believe that men can do this) Everyone relates it to deeper issues - daddy issues, esteem issues, whatever. For some people, maybe it is just a high sex drive but I don't think anyone believes that these people are the majority. Then, with warped reasoning, they think that shaming a slut is the best way to let this person know that their behaviours may be less than healthy. It's fucked. What is needed isn't shame but esteem building and introspection.
Indeed. Kind of an optimistic way of looking at it, but I'd rather believe that than my other theories.
He has some valid logic in his post, but he just said it in a really hurtful way. @Firefly, I think your comparison to driving a car recklessly, and careless promiscuity is a more fairer comparison, than just general driving. There's gonna be risk involved with everything it's just the level of risk your taking that also affects society at large. Honestly I wouldn't have a problem with promiscuity if STD's did not exist. It's too bad we couldn't stop promiscuity for a generation, let the diseases that spread come to a halt and then resume the behavior.
