Secondhand Revenant said:
Olas said:
Secondhand Revenant said:
Olas said:
I think regardless of your thoughts on the act itself, we can probably all agree that calling it "sexist" is incorrect. Complementing someone's appearance is not inherently sexual. I hear women call other women "stunning" periodically without any sexual basis, so why is it different if this guy does it? The word can even be used on inanimate objects.
Ya, this isn't sexism, not by any practical definition that I can think of.
So you don't believe in context to comments? One guy calls his friend an idiot so any time he's called an idiot and gets mad it's just incomprehensible why he doesn't like the word then since he didn't mind it before?
When did I say I don't believe in context? I don't believe this is sexist in the context it occurred in.
Your argument was that you've seen other women call women stunning. Therefore... what it can't be sexual?
I assumed that the word had no sexual connotation because I've seen no evidence that it does. I've seen both men and strait women refer to women as "stunning" before based on the same general attributes. So on what basis should I infer that it means something wholly different when men say it?
When done by a total stranger.
Strangers can't say nice things to each other?
On a professional website.
If the accusation was that the comment was "unprofessional" then I'd be on board. Though I don't see the point of professionalism, so I wouldn't really care about that either.
Preceded by him saying he knows it isn't politically correct.
Literally the only thing I have a problem with. The idea that it's politically incorrect to call someone "stunning" makes no sense to me.
Later followed by him claiming he was talking about the compisition of the photo, which doesn't really mesh with the politically incorrect precursor statement.
My guess is he was just trying to backtrack from his statement, which is stupid since there was nothing wrong with it.
Makes as much sense as saying you see friends call each other idiot in a non-insulting manner, why can't total strangers.
Looks like totally ignoring the existence of context to me.
Well I'm not ignoring context, regardless of what it looks like to you. The example you're using has 2 radically different contexts: that of a close friend, and a total stranger. I was comparing total strangers who happen to be women, and a total stranger that happens to be a man. If the word "stunning" does have a sexual connotation when coming from a man that's something I've been unaware of until just now.