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That is a hard one. I will try to answer this. I've been here for nearly an hour.
Scientific research has shown that fat women lose their virginity and have had the same amount of relationships than someone who wasn't fat. So we can cross off fat people off the list! LOL
This answer, along with the other ones in this question is talking about countries where gender equality is known to exist, such as the UK or the US. So we can cross Saudi Arabia off the list!
I'll go with not blonde (and their equivalents). There are loads of women who are not considered as pretty by their male counterparts. This is not to say that they're not, just that men aren't drawn to them. Maybe their personality enhances the way they look, (which in turn enhances what men see as their looks as they gain friends through association). Who knows?
I knew a Muslim girl who was stared at often on road, and her jealous Muslim peers called her a slag for being pretty even though her friend dressed the same way as her. They both cover up in mostly black and sometimes grey. Sometimes they wear a headscarf, nice sandals and no burka. Sometimes the pretty one wears necklaces and accentuates her breasts via fashionable clothing without showing cleavage. For the sake of example, this sexist man becomes the Muslim who isn't stared at or called a slag. Lets call her Nashida.
As Nashida is a Muslim, her marriage choices are limited, and through fear of retribution and social pressures, sex is out of the question until she gets married. Now that sex and the dating process is out of the question, I think I can begin to answer this question now.
Why did you have to ask me the hardest question Marie? My answers here talk about abstract thoughts that are difficult to conceptualise in words.
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Sadly a sexist man living Nashida's life wouldn't do much to dispel his sexist views, as his sexist views are deep rooted into the way that society works, and the frustration of being the weaker sex. Being Nashida, the man becoming aware of how much women have it easier in life in many aspects of life, all it would do is reinforce his sexist views. Why? Because the points I made in my answer would still stand about women having it easier.
However, there is one thing the man would learn from being Nashida. He would learn that getting attention from men isn't the roses he thought it was, despite not being the favourable one in her group of friends. The man wouldn't dislike attention given to him on the street, as that would make him feel desired and raise his self esteem. But the little attention he would get as Nashida from men in a social setting, would teach him why women don't take too kindly to the attention they get.
What sort of attention would it have to be, for you not to like it Marie? I don't think even you can answer that one. I told you my answer covered difficult abstract things.
If a sexist man could experience what it was like to be a woman, what is the most important lesson that they would learn?
This is a follow-up question to What technologies could help people "see the world through others' eyes", "walk in another person's shoes", etc.?.
Also see: Is misogyny a greater hindrance to the progress of women in American society or is it women's pettiness and/or cattiness?
Also see: Is misogyny a greater hindrance to the progress of women in American society or is it women's pettiness and/or cattiness?
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tynamite
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So, Adisa - what's it like to be a woman if not "pretty?" What do you think a sexist man would learn from that? Because most women have at least some time in their lives when they are not "pretty", or not considered attractive because they are old, or tired, or overweight, or underweight, or not blonde, or too blonde, or... and in some places,they can't even vote (like in Saudi Arabia, where women aren't able to vote - until 2015)? What do you think a sexist man would learn, from that? (and btw, I haven't downvoted you - at least, not yet).
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What would a sexist man learn about women, if they were one who wasn't pretty?That is a hard one. I will try to answer this. I've been here for nearly an hour.
Scientific research has shown that fat women lose their virginity and have had the same amount of relationships than someone who wasn't fat. So we can cross off fat people off the list! LOL
This answer, along with the other ones in this question is talking about countries where gender equality is known to exist, such as the UK or the US. So we can cross Saudi Arabia off the list!
I'll go with not blonde (and their equivalents). There are loads of women who are not considered as pretty by their male counterparts. This is not to say that they're not, just that men aren't drawn to them. Maybe their personality enhances the way they look, (which in turn enhances what men see as their looks as they gain friends through association). Who knows?
I knew a Muslim girl who was stared at often on road, and her jealous Muslim peers called her a slag for being pretty even though her friend dressed the same way as her. They both cover up in mostly black and sometimes grey. Sometimes they wear a headscarf, nice sandals and no burka. Sometimes the pretty one wears necklaces and accentuates her breasts via fashionable clothing without showing cleavage. For the sake of example, this sexist man becomes the Muslim who isn't stared at or called a slag. Lets call her Nashida.
As Nashida is a Muslim, her marriage choices are limited, and through fear of retribution and social pressures, sex is out of the question until she gets married. Now that sex and the dating process is out of the question, I think I can begin to answer this question now.
Why did you have to ask me the hardest question Marie? My answers here talk about abstract thoughts that are difficult to conceptualise in words.
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Sadly a sexist man living Nashida's life wouldn't do much to dispel his sexist views, as his sexist views are deep rooted into the way that society works, and the frustration of being the weaker sex. Being Nashida, the man becoming aware of how much women have it easier in life in many aspects of life, all it would do is reinforce his sexist views. Why? Because the points I made in my answer would still stand about women having it easier.
However, there is one thing the man would learn from being Nashida. He would learn that getting attention from men isn't the roses he thought it was, despite not being the favourable one in her group of friends. The man wouldn't dislike attention given to him on the street, as that would make him feel desired and raise his self esteem. But the little attention he would get as Nashida from men in a social setting, would teach him why women don't take too kindly to the attention they get.
What sort of attention would it have to be, for you not to like it Marie? I don't think even you can answer that one. I told you my answer covered difficult abstract things.
Sexist men live in a world where women can get what they want at a click of a finger, by merely existing. Combine that with the majority of women who preach gender equality, but at the same time exploit being a woman when it benefits them (this is why I dislike feminists), it can be easy for a man to feel that women are a part of the elite, and the ally who are also the enemy.
I'm not talking about the women that get perved whilst walking down the street. Instead I'm talking about the women who get on in life because of how they look. As shallow as looks are, you can't deny that they are a key to a better life, in the same way that education and money is.
Here's an extract of a poem that I wrote.
People naturally want to make friends and get regard off people. When men notice that women can have these things much easier than they can, it's very demeaning. For a man to get somewhere in life, he'll have to use his intelligence and work hard. For women, not so much - they'll just have to know or get to know the right people. They find it easier to make friends, work with people, and get what they want with people. Women are smarter than men too as they get higher grades in school.
Imagine a person who wakes up in the morning with no plans, and goes outside despite not having planned anything. By the time they've got in their house, they've had a good time, and most likely learnt or done something new. That's the sort of person a woman is. Life is easy for them, and the compass always points in the right direction without ever having to look at the map.
Men can compete on intelligence, but they can't compete on looks. For a sexist man (and me), a woman gets a lot of benefits and doors opening up due to the way they look (or are). Sexist men would love to be women for a month, so they could live the easy life for themselves.
However...............
Looks aren't as beneficial to a woman, as a sexist man thinks.
A sexist man would learn that being a pretty woman doesn't guarantee her anything in life.
Why?
Because there are negatives that come with being attractive.
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That's not something that most men will ever understand.
But most importantly they would learn.........
That bad things can happen to pretty women.