Yeah, look I see your point. It is in many ways a "tasteless" image. Personally I'm not offended by it, nor do I see it screaming "misogynist" (well, about me anyways)...but I do see your point to some degree about being out in public and someone else having the right to offense. I mean I certainly wouldn't deny someone the right to be offended and I wouldn't even mind if someone came up and had a civil discourse about it, either. But the keywords there being civil discourse.
Personally, I'm not a misogynist. I don't hate women. I had mixed up feelings for a long time based on something that happened to me as a kid (ahhh fuck it, I'll just say it. I was molested by a woman as a kid.)...but I've dealt with it in therapy and have come out the other end to realize that one persons shitty actions are not representative of the entire gender and you can't hate the entire gender because of one fucking asshole.
But anyways, I do see your point...I just thought the outburst was amusing to me. Personally speaking, I just like the image and have always been into weird vulgar imagery. It's not that I go out of my way to offend, I just happen to like offensive shit and have no issue displaying that like of mine. Probably why I gravitated to horror films and Cannibal Corpse as a kid because of all the grotesque imagery and me just having a liking for it....and it was an outlet of sorts for repressed thoughts.
I'm sorry that someone hurt you like that. You were not responsible and should not feel you have to rush to straighten out your feelings so that some crazy harpy isn't offended. It's natural when someone is abused to fear the demographic that did it, women mention this all the time, but don't give males the same courtesy. Having anyone scream at you in public like some crazed person (who could potentially get violent) is enough to upset most people and you handled it better than most would. You're not a misogynist, they over use that word anytime they don't like something, it's thrown round in hopes of scaring their target into obeying, ignore it. People like horror movies, it is theorized, because it sort of helps better prepare us for bad things, so we can survive them, or so we can survive them the next time. So it's not a wonder that you or anyone would like horror films (and why they are so popular now with our societies going to hell). I tend to stay away from stuff like CH but have seen several other films on the video nasty list, which I'm looking over again now. Having seen some of those films recently it's amazing to me that they were categorized with CH. Shows you that "tasteless" can be very subjective and to really think about it before giving into any objectors.
Yeah, look I see your point. It is in many ways a "tasteless" image. Personally I'm not offended by it, nor do I see it screaming "misogynist" (well, about me anyways)...but I do see your point to some degree about being out in public and someone else having the right to offense. I mean I certainly wouldn't deny someone the right to be offended and I wouldn't even mind if someone came up and had a civil discourse about it, either. But the keywords there being civil discourse.
Personally, I'm not a misogynist. I don't hate women. I had mixed up feelings for a long time based on something that happened to me as a kid (ahhh fuck it, I'll just say it. I was molested by a woman as a kid.)...but I've dealt with it in therapy and have come out the other end to realize that one persons shitty actions are not representative of the entire gender and you can't hate the entire gender because of one fucking asshole.
But anyways, I do see your point...I just thought the outburst was amusing to me. Personally speaking, I just like the image and have always been into weird vulgar imagery. It's not that I go out of my way to offend, I just happen to like offensive shit and have no issue displaying that like of mine. Probably why I gravitated to horror films and Cannibal Corpse as a kid because of all the grotesque imagery and me just having a liking for it....and it was an outlet of sorts for repressed thoughts.
I'm sorry that someone hurt you like that. You were not responsible and should not feel you have to rush to straighten out your feelings so that some crazy harpy isn't offended. It's natural when someone is abused to fear the demographic that did it, women mention this all the time, but don't give males the same courtesy. Having anyone scream at you in public like some crazed person (who could potentially get violent) is enough to upset most people and you handled it better than most would. You're not a misogynist, they over use that word anytime they don't like something, it's thrown round in hopes of scaring their target into obeying, ignore it. People like horror movies, it is theorized, because it sort of helps better prepare us for bad things, so we can survive them, or so we can survive them the next time. So it's not a wonder that you or anyone would like horror films (and why they are so popular now with our societies going to hell). I tend to stay away from stuff like CH but have seen several other films on the video nasty list, which I'm looking over again now. Having seen some of those films recently it's amazing to me that they were categorized with CH. Shows you that "tasteless" can be very subjective and to really think about it before giving into any objectors.