03-06-2017, 12:43 PM
(03-06-2017, 11:22 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: Is there a point in continuing to engage on a forum, if it's impossible to tell a person's intent from their words?
This is a good point. I agree that in order to proceed one must make the leap in cyberspace of interpretation of words on a page. I would just point out that some people such as yourself are very articulate, while others are not so much.
(03-06-2017, 11:22 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote:Quote:1. As an artist myself, I understand appreciation of the female form very much. The reason you don't see as many male nudes is not because painted nudes are seen as sexual in nature (for the most part; I couldn't be absolute on this); it's because the female form with its curves and shape is much more interesting and delightful to paint/draw (ask any artist). Perhaps some may think sexual thoughts when they see a painted nude, but you can't blame a person for the amount of testosterone in their system.
So here's my question because you seem to contradict yourself a bit here: Should I just forgive him because I misperceived a faux pas, or is it true, as you say here at the end of your post, that it was likely he was making a sexual comment?
I wasn't being very clear actually. The above quote by me was insular in that it had nothing directly to do with any comments by anyone here. I was just trying to widen the view with an artist's perspective.
Personally, in interpreting words on a page, I am guessing the comment you refer to was unconscious for whatever that is worth.
(03-06-2017, 11:22 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: And another question, Diana, is do you think that your experience of being a beautiful, self-sufficient business woman for over 30 years might have protected you from some of the struggles that average women in our society typically experience?
Certainly I do. But my life has not been all roses. There have been extreme vicissitudes beginning in childhood. And in being entrepreneurial, many ups and downs though I will concede to an adult business life mostly of success.
I have dealt with some aspects of female oppression directly, but not all. Self-worth to me is the absolute cornerstone of the path out of the quagmire of oppression. And in that, I am lucky to have a foot up as they say. But we all (theoretically) chose how to come into this life, so the bottom line for me is to reach my own potential in whatever ways I can. In this, I am no different than anyone else.
Beyond that, I am definitely empathetic. The suffering here on this planet is something I have to center myself in every day.