Friday, August 27, 2004
Evil Eye
I'll post my Good, Bad, and Ugly post later, but first I wanted to share about something that just happened. I am sitting in a lounge at CU where many students study, socialize, and walk through on the way to class. Now bear with me as I set this story up, it is going to sound a little sexist at first...
I looked up from my computer and realized my eyes went immediately to some girl's rear. She was a tan girl, with a nice, fit body, and short (short!) shorts. I was suddenly aware that I was pretty much staring, and was embarrassed, so I looked back down. Then, I looked up again at the guys sitting in front of me. They were staring. I laughed to myself, until I realized my eyes had wandered again to her rear. I looked down in a hurry, then thought to look to the guys sitting to my right. Sure enough, they were checking her out. (In case you are wondering why is is standing with her butt towards us, the vending machine room is across the way from where the seats are). One guy had even craned his neck over his shoulder to see what his buddy was looking at.
This is partially involuntary, but then again, it is very wrong. It is objectification of women plain and simple. However, I began to wonder, why did she wear such short shorts in the first place...? Anyway, the real point here is as I started to observe the room, any guy who was looking up from his work was looking at this girl's can. And the other girls in the room began to notice. They saw that attention was focused somewhere, and they two looked to see what everyone was looking at.
Some of the girls scowled instantly, others just went back along their way. Those that realized what was going on must have either instantly hated the guys, or the girl for "demanding" attention. It was a funny spontaneous moment of armchair anthropology. I am not sure what to take away from it, other than to keep my eyes on my laptop or notes from now on... : )
See ya! Kerry/Edwards 2004.
I looked up from my computer and realized my eyes went immediately to some girl's rear. She was a tan girl, with a nice, fit body, and short (short!) shorts. I was suddenly aware that I was pretty much staring, and was embarrassed, so I looked back down. Then, I looked up again at the guys sitting in front of me. They were staring. I laughed to myself, until I realized my eyes had wandered again to her rear. I looked down in a hurry, then thought to look to the guys sitting to my right. Sure enough, they were checking her out. (In case you are wondering why is is standing with her butt towards us, the vending machine room is across the way from where the seats are). One guy had even craned his neck over his shoulder to see what his buddy was looking at.
This is partially involuntary, but then again, it is very wrong. It is objectification of women plain and simple. However, I began to wonder, why did she wear such short shorts in the first place...? Anyway, the real point here is as I started to observe the room, any guy who was looking up from his work was looking at this girl's can. And the other girls in the room began to notice. They saw that attention was focused somewhere, and they two looked to see what everyone was looking at.
Some of the girls scowled instantly, others just went back along their way. Those that realized what was going on must have either instantly hated the guys, or the girl for "demanding" attention. It was a funny spontaneous moment of armchair anthropology. I am not sure what to take away from it, other than to keep my eyes on my laptop or notes from now on... : )
See ya! Kerry/Edwards 2004.
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