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Does that fame, looks, or status of a man allow him to make comments to a woman that is generally considered, sexist, rude or vulgar without rebuke?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) September 12th, 2014

Based off some of the comments in active threads (at the time of this posting) regarding to what is, or isn’t rude, a catcall, insult, etc. One Flutheronian said that a friend of his, in the opinion of the poster, was seen as a handsome man to more females than not, and he would speak women at the bar in graphic sexual terms that might be considered crude, rude, or sexist to the general population and was received well by quite a few women. That got me to thinking how many times I have observed the phenomenon. If a man made a comment such as ”Ooh wee! You need to bring those buns and that cheesecake over here so I can butter them up and have a snack”, or something like ”You can make a dead man cum, I would crawl through 500 ft. of broken glass just to kiss the crotch of your panties”, if he would get the same reaction if he were very handsome, insanely rich, almost ‘A’ lister or above famous, than he would get if he were some average-looking cabby-like dude? I have observed women who chased after and defended guys to the hilt even when they knew the guy cheated on them (or tried), pilfered money from them, wrecked or got their car towed (and they the woman paid all the money to get it back, then let him drive AGAIN), etc. because the guy was supposed to be ”hunky”, or fine. If a woman would allow a guy to do that with their possessions simply because he was good-looking, would a woman give a guy a pass on comments that might be crude, sexist, etc. because the man has some attribute that makes him more desirable in a general sense?

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