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INTEREST: 'Anime Babes' Burlesque Show Staged in Los Angeles

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And you read, miscomprehend, and over react like someone from 4chan.

Please stop with the pretentious bs. You came into a thread about some women doing burlesque for fun and your only input was about them being whores addicted to drugs and they shouldn't be allowed to do it because they may have male relatives. I don't really care if you have 400,000 posts here, no one wants to hear your oldman sexist BS. Leave it back in the 1970's when you were probably the same age as those women.

To the haters, to be honest, I don't really understand how what those girls are doing is any worse than certain female cosplayers at cons who dress skimpy to get free food and drinks.

And what's your point? That people other than you want to do things that you don't want to do? Do you want to feel special that everyone is supposed to meet your expectations for yourself or something?

There's a reason why doing things like that can be a positive experience for women. Part of it is an act of defiance against people telling them what they can or can not due based on some ancient pseudo-moral nonsense and sexist cultural norms.

Ghidra999 wrote:

And what's your point? That people other than you want to do things that you don't want to do? Do you want to feel special that everyone is supposed to meet your expectations for yourself or something?

Oh mellow out. I just said I didn't get why they would want to. Nothing more. There's absolutely no reason to get all defensive and start making wild and baseless accusations.

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There's a reason why doing things like that can be a positive experience for women. Part of it is an act of defiance against people telling them what they can or can not due based on some ancient pseudo-moral nonsense and sexist cultural norms.

I don't know...that seems pretty inane to me. It's the same old problem with non-conformism for it's own sake. Yeah, fine. You don't like 'society' or whatever telling you what to do. However, if that causes you to turn around and do something else you don't want to do purely for the sake of defiance then you're really still being controlled just as much.

Anyway though, I guess you're right that some people do see it as you do so maybe that is a partial explanation for why they choose to do it. Still from my perspective it seems sad that they feel they have to resort to that just to be defiant.

Ghidra999 wrote:

And what's your point? That people other than you want to do things that you don't want to do? Do you want to feel special that everyone is supposed to meet your expectations for yourself or something?

Oh mellow out. I just said I didn't get why they would want to. Nothing more. There's absolutely no reason to get all defensive and start making wild and baseless accusations.

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There's a reason why doing things like that can be a positive experience for women. Part of it is an act of defiance against people telling them what they can or can not due based on some ancient pseudo-moral nonsense and sexist cultural norms.

I don't know...that seems pretty inane to me. It's the same old problem with non-conformism for it's own sake. Yeah, fine. You don't like 'society' or whatever telling you what to do. However, if that causes you to turn around and do something else you don't want to do purely for the sake of defiance then you're really still being controlled just as much.

Anyway though, I guess you're right that some people do see it as you do so maybe that is a partial explanation for why they choose to do it. Still from my perspective it seems sad that they feel they have to resort to that just to be defiant.

That's not a good argument. You could simply tag anything that doesn't meet your standards or norms as being "non-conformist for non-conformist sake." I mean they're not acting like you're supposed to be, so they're obviously just doing it to go against the grain right? It's circular reasoning to defend your own position. What this is really about is being free to do what they want. They want to do this. They aren't being dehumanized. They are obviously just having some fun.

And you're not supposed to understand everything other people do or enjoy doing. I really don't understand why football is entertaining, but obviously its none of my business why others like to watch it.

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That's interesting. Perhaps the photos from the article paint a misleading picture. I can see where one might enjoy being involved with it the way you describe it.

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That's not a good argument. You could simply tag anything that doesn't meet your standards or norms as being "non-conformist for non-conformist sake." I mean they're not acting like you're supposed to be, so they're obviously just doing it to go against the grain right? It's circular reasoning to defend your own position. What this is really about is being free to do what they want. They want to do this. They aren't being dehumanized. They are obviously just having some fun.

Wait. What? You said that they were doing it to go against what they're told to do. That was your claim. And I quote:

"Part of it is an act of defiance against people telling them what they can or can not due"

If you now want to say that they do it because they genuinely want to because they actually enjoy it then fair enough. Obviously then they're not just being defiant for it's own sake. In fact, if that's the case, contrary to what you said originally, the issue of defiance is moot. It's just them doing something they enjoy.

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And you're not supposed to understand everything other people do or enjoy doing. I really don't understand why football is entertaining, but obviously its none of my business why others like to watch it.

Dude...Chill. The. Heck. Out. I was genuinely curious about the motivations behind this. I asked a simple question in an attempt to understand. I am not, nor was I ever, trying to oppose you in your little crusade here. I never said that you or they or anyone else has to justify it to me. I just said that it didn't make much sense to me. Now, thanks to someones attempt to explain it (instead of telling me it was none of my business ) it does make a bit more sense to me. So I guess that's that.

Second point, not understanding why someone would want to dress up in a sexy costume or perform for others seems just a bit immature. I don't know. I just thought you weren't that infantile and were actually criticizing it. My bad.

I would have to say that I am against this kind of thing. Not the burlesque, or if if it's someone cosplaying. It's not what the characters would have done. I feel that one should embrace the character and act the way they would have in the series. If it's a character that's from hentai, then something like this would be better in my eyes as it'd be more inclined for the characters to probably do.

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Second point, not understanding why someone would want to dress up in a sexy costume or perform for others seems just a bit immature. I don't know. I just thought you weren't that infantile and were actually criticizing it. My bad.

Well Mr.(or Ms.) Pot, not understanding why someone would question, or be put off by such behavior, then coming on a forum to act like the uncaped crusader of the striptease defence force, putting baseless speculation and anarchistic misconceptions in their mouths, then verbally attacking them for it is just as immature and infantile. Please troll somewhere else.

Don't tell me what to do.

Anyways, I'm done with this thread. I don't make it a habbit to argue with more than likely hypocritical idiots that let cultural norms control their brains.

But you can pretty much accuse anyone of being a troll as long as their speak their minds clerly enough, right?

I would have to say that I am against this kind of thing. Not the burlesque, or if if it's someone cosplaying. It's not what the characters would have done. I feel that one should embrace the character and act the way they would have in the series. If it's a character that's from hentai, then something like this would be better in my eyes as it'd be more inclined for the characters to probably do.

And at least Rule /34/ pics sometimes are tons better than this garbage thats been posted.

Fanodm belongs to the fans. The characters aren't going to sue because they're being misreprsented. It's called make-believe.