httpwww.photo.netbarry Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Boys/men, in general, haven’t experienced the same degree of discrimination, the same numbers of rapes, the same inability to vote until the 20th century as girls/women. Seeing men as boys in a diminishing and disrespectful way doesn’t have as full a history as seeing women as girls, though if you ask many black men if they’d like to be called “boy,” you might get an earful because of their perspective on the history of the use of “boy.” In any case, a music group from the 1960s called The Beach Boys or even a more contemporary group so named would seem to have very little to do with a thread referring to women as girls in 2018-2020. “Girl” and “boy” are counterparts but let’s not pretend they’re equivalent in how they’ve been used. I didn't realize that the whole history of discrimination, diminishment and the dark sides of exploitation of women, is expressed through the use of "girls" in this thread. Really? I have women friends who call themselves girls. Some women don't like it and I respect that too. But then I've been pretty much self-isolated for the last couple of weeks so I may be getting batty and jumping at things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I didn't realize that the whole history of discrimination, diminishment and the dark sides of exploitation of women, is expressed through the use of "girls" in this thread. It’s not and I didn’t say it was. I said the history of discrimination against women is a reason “girls” is not equivalent to “boys.” I didn’t say that history was encapsulated in this thread. I’m surprised that wasn’t plain to you. Just as the history of black men is not encapsulated in the word “boy.” There was slavery, lynching, there’s blatant racism and discrimination to this day. And, because there’s a history of “boy” being used to diminish black men, I wouldn’t use it to refer to a black guy, even though I’m well aware there are certain times black guys might say it to each other. Like you, I know women who wouldn’t mind being called “girls” in many contexts, but in others they’d be offended. This is a site mainly populated by older men. Peri’s photos, in particular, are of a type. It’s not hard imagining those same women friends of mine rolling their eyes when coming across this thread. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Much Ado About Nothing. The Cult of Victimhood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdexter Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Joining the fray if that"s alright. There is a beach, really, below the rocks. Capurganá, Colombia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdexter Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Same girl, different beach 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Pretty Girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Typed in “Girl on a Beach” Girl On a Beach Images, Stock Photos & Vectors | Shutterstock Over 1.5 Million results. Case closed, LMAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdexter Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Same girl, one more beach: Isla Providencia, Colombia: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 "Case closed, LMAO." MO must be bored. Juvenile silliness... from the same definitive source ... 1.7 million results for 'woman on beach'. So that must prove that woman is preferred by photographers at the beach. The differences are even more notable when 'at the beach' is removed from the search. i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 You got the “LMAO” part.... Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 3 -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpressionz Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 posted in a different forum a long while ago... a girl looking every bit like a woman :) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmurray Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy1 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Beautifully made. Could I ask you why the choice of black & white, please? (pls don't read from this that I think colour would have been better; it's not the case) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajkocu Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bowring Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_Light Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I'm not sure why this is re-animated, but I guess BOYS WILL BE BOYS. Never quite in the same sense or mood, though. Announcment: there's a frotteur present and a titter ran through the crowd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 BOYS WILL BE BOYS. So will old men. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 We could have a "boy on a beach" thread ... -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoneeye Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 boys will be boys! So will old men. We could have a "boy on a beach" thread ... Boys at the beach 2 i n o n e e y e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 We could have a "boy on a beach" thread ... Boys at the beach Nice one, oneeye. Way to keep your eye on the ball! "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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