This is the one about my double standard.
Posted May 29th, 2008 by Mike Lawson
I had some bizarre interaction with a stranger on Wednesday when I went to fill-up at the gas station. I was leaning on my car minding my business as the gas station raped me in the rear…I pumped about $50 into my tank.
Then the man behind me was returning from the store part of the station and he was looking over his shoulder at where was coming from.
“Wow,” he said to me. “That is some hot ass.”
Ugh. I thought he was some horny straight guy salivating over some woman. I gave him a courteous smile.
“There are two kids right by the door,” he said–pointing with his head.
I was disturbed by his use of the word “kids,” so I took a look.
The guy was actually talking about two young men. Men. Young ones. They were probably in their 20s, but this guy was in his mid-40s. So to him, I guess “kids” was appropriate.
What was strange was that as soon as I realized that this guy was a homo (in retrospect his tiger tattoo and sleeveless shirt should have given it away), my disgust dropped away.
That’s a double-standard…right?
No Responses to “This is the one about my double standard.”
May 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Maybe. Are young men more or less bothered by older men’s references to them in that fashion? Would you have been bothered by that when you were 20? Would your sister’ve?
May 29th, 2008 at 11:29 am
More importantly… was it a hot ass?
May 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I think it is a double standard, but on some level you have to give the guy props for being comfortable enough to say anything at all in the open like that. Maybe that’s why you thought it was ok?
May 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
First, what were you doing that made you stand out so that he felt it was okay make that comment to you? I find that very interesting. Second, it kind of is a double standard but there’s nothing wrong with that. Last, and most importantly, was it “some hot ass?”
May 29th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I don’t know why he felt comfortable pointing out the hot pieces of ass…and yes, they were pretty hot.
He was climbing into his car when he mentioned it. Maybe he thought that he had nothing to lose?
And yes, I kind of think that I’d be okay with it as a 20 year old…but my sister wouldn’t have. Interesting.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
More importantly, who is my new boyfriend in that picture? Me-ow!
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