That too. Context and motivation matters here. For instance, there are a lot of great street photographers. They take photos of people out in the world. But they're not targeting women specifically. I see no problem with that, even if they're not asking for consent. (That would ruin what's so wonderful about street…

Actually, I do know of a guy who takes photos of women in public and just keeps them (thousands of them) on his computer. Just to have them. His girlfriend found them and was upset, furious, called him on it. He insisted it wasn't a sexual thing. But...it's still an invasion of privacy and I still think it has a…

No, you're still mixing up social norms, human rights, and laws.

I do agree that it would be incredibly hard, if not impossible, to legislate people taking photographs in public.
That said, I'm not sure what Rihanna has to do with this. She wore a dress that she presumably wanted to wear to an event. I don't think she has any issue with being photographed in it, since she's a…

Right. So don't compare gay people having the right to exist to your right to take pictures of strangers.

HAHA, nice try. Human rights and social norms are totally the same thing.

I...think they look kind of neat.

So what? A lot of things are permissible in public, but there are social norms that say we don't do them.

The pool I frequent during the summer has a no phones policy specifically to deal with this. If they see so much as two girls taking photos of each other, they tell them to put it away.

Not in my experience, no.

Noticing is one thing. Being distracted to the point that you can't function when women are dressed for warm weather is probably a problem.

Um, okay. I'd never heard the term "pussy lips", that's all. No self-righteousness here. That would probably be the people clutching their pearls over people's attire. But look at how badass you are, not totally saying "fucks" and all.
I guess nursing school is somewhat different than getting a B.A. in that there…

You think going to college means that you gain access to the world of professionals?! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Yes, there's a difference. A woman is a female person.

I don't think people are showing their butt cracks and pussy lips (pussy lips? really?) as a form of empowerment. They're probably hot and unaware that they're showing so much. Possibly they just don't care.

Personally, yeah, I get a bit weirded out when I can see someone's camel-toe or under-butt. But I'm not going…

The commenter I was responding to implied that he was old enough to be my father, ie. that I'm very young (which would make him ageist). I'm actually well beyond middle-aged, and my response was an attempt to convey that, without actually giving my age.
Get it now?

No, you meant "woman".
Or "girl" for a female person who is a child.
Why is this so hard for people?

I didn't know senior citizens liked hanging out on Jezebel.
And no, when referring to adult female humans, one says "woman".

You're trolling, right? You've got to be trolling.

Ties are the dumbest thing ever. If a man needs to dress up, I say suit and shirt, sans tie.