I have always contended that this is a very feminist thing to do and for this reason.
Originally Posted by chelseabean
Just to be clear, I don't consider it morally or ethically wrong for consenting adults to do this. My point is that as a man, I can choose which days to fight for equal rights and equal moral standards. I can take a day off and just coast. A woman doesn't have that option. The very injustice that seeks to reduce her to a sexual pawn forces her to be always vigilant, always on guard. The stakes are personal. She can't take a day off. Her battles are constant.
The same thing is true for any marginalized group of persons. I was born a straight white male in a world that rarely punishes me simply for existing, does not for the most part try to deny my sovereign autonomy, by and large evaluates me on merit over anatomy. As such I haven't been inured to that never-ending fight. My spirit doesn't have those callouses, cannot have them because I'm bestowed privileges everyone deserves but only some are extended. Privileges I cannot decline, like the privilege not to be slut-shamed. If I were suddenly a woman I'd be out of my depth and I know it.
Now if I were always a woman, I might have that stamina, but then I'd be someone else because my life experiences would be radically different and Scarlett's original question would be meaningless because it wouldn't be
me that was a woman. So I assumed she was asking if you, as a man, were to
become a woman. Perhaps I misunderstood the intent of her query.
Separately, while I realize you're intent was probably benign, this:
This is the attitude I hate in men who take part in this. I know it isn't meant to be hateful and it's just a part of the way that you think.
Originally Posted by chelseabean
...is slightly insulting. Being male doesn't determine what we can or cannot think. Turn it around and remember how insulting it is when someone says such as such is just part of how you think because you're a woman. I'm not particularly bothered by the insult, but I figured you are the sort of person who values self-determination. If you think a man or men are wrong, call them on it without giving them a pass for their "male mentality" - it's far less insulting to be confronted head-on than written off for how one is born.
TL;DR - I'm not defending the abhorrent sexual double-standard, merely acknowledging that it exists and that I would fare poorly on the other side of it.