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Absurdity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

921 views · Published 30 December 2011 · 0:54 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: zarkoff45 · 2011 · People & Blogs

Heathergate: a response to "Guest post: Sex-positive feminism vs. anti-pornography feminism" from ZJ's girl-friend, Heather, on the ZJemptv channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR6cEVg72bE
http://youtu.be/RR6cEVg72bE

I found the quoted comment from Heather to be both ignorant and ironic:

"How awkward and out of place would it be to hear a heterosexual man say that he was not in fact oppressed or anything, but simply wanted to burn his hair with styling tools, then put on those crippling shoes, revealing short shorts, and daily face paint because he thinks it's sexy and therefore women think it's sexy, and he likes women and sex? No one would mistake such an individual for empowered. If it seems absurd to expect from men, then it ought to seem absurd to expect from women."

It was ignorant because there is in fact a subculture of heterosexual men who do find the big hair and colorful, revealing dress to be empowering. Remember "Hair Metal" from the '80s.

It was ironic because Heather is going out with a guy (not hetero) who has long hair and wears make-up and seems to find that "empowering" or at least enjoy it.

I am a heterosexual male and in high school I started out with a hair cut like Heathers when I was a nerd who couldn't get any attention from women. Then I started growing my own hair long and occasionally taking care of it. It actually was empowering and a certain group of women did like it -- I got far more sexual attention from women after I grew my hair and got myself a cool leather jacket and stopped wearing the clothes my parents bought me.

Absurdity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

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