I take your meaning, but I have a rough time with that.

And, tellingly, Arab people are not of the same phenotype as what most people mean when they say "Asian". Which is "Mongoloid", but that's a bad word now in everyday usage, due to it being levied as an insult, a way to say someone looked or acted "retarded". Which, itself, used to just mean "slowed" (especially of…

Notably, Arab people and Indian people are Caucasian.

Right, learning about other cultures doesn't matter, not when telling other people about the meaning of gestures. Especially not when you're making direct comparisons to a culture where the meaning is different.

Ya'll, really, are you even trying when you blur out faces? If you really want to obscure someone's face you need to block it out or use several effects.

Right, that's the same angle I'm feeling.

I'm white, was raised Christian, don't think all objectification is bad, don't have a massive hate on for beauty pageants, and don't really feel like going into all the ways I think the situation may be more nuanced (otherwise I would have).

Possibly a false dilemma?

I think an important perspective on the issue might be: why does it have to be appropriated by white people to accomplish that?

Huh, that's a somewhat unusual way to look at it. Or, maybe not in the wider world, but at least on Jez and social justice sites.

To me, she looks like she's trying to just have a listening-to-you-mostly-white-people-talk-about-racism-like-you-know-anything expression on her face, but what she's thinking can't help leak out due to the sheer fuckwittery.

What we'd call "Peace" means "V for Victory" in Japan, I'm told. So, somewhat like a thumbs-up?

lol, aw, man! I wish I had, but I forgot about it, or never heard about it before. Though I think I vaguely remember something — I recall reading something about the idea that "women are sexually aroused by anything that makes them think of sex" which may have been an interpretation of that study.

That would be consistent, but I don't think it's entirely accurate as to the underpinnings of all sexist bullshit about women's sexuality.

They look the same age to me. What age that is I dunno. 15? I'm old, what the hell.

Get a room!

I'd actually rather they assume that than assume women judge men based on how much money they have / how good a "provider" they are.

I'm rather fond of them as well.

I tried the manga and couldn't get into it for similar reasons. It just felt sad and frustrating, not amusing.

Mm, I didn't visit YouTube, just this page.