No Sacred Cows

Why I’m discussing this item on this blog should become obvious by the end.

Permit me analyze this article: ‘Is it cold in Argentina?’: Belgian cycling journalist rides into sexism row over pic of female reporter.

Lest you miss the point of the article, the photograph shows the female reporter asking him questions while wearing skimpy clothing. Further, the fabric of her top is so thin that her erect nipples are highly visible. So the cyclist she interviewed later made a comment with a rather oblique reference by wondering what would cause her nipples to be so prominent during the warm weather in Argentina in their summer months, being in the southern hemisphere. He made the comment on Twitter, and part of the response was standard feminist/SJW propaganda.

1. His comment was perfectly normal given the context. What he said was not evil except in the minds of totalitarian busybodies, people looking for an excuse to oppress normal people precisely for being normal.

2. He was a complete fool for not keeping that kind of thing private, unless he had the balls to stand up and make a statement. Twitter is hardly private. This kind of locker room talk needs to stay in the locker room, but it should not be held there by outside forces. Men need to relearn civility, but they should not stop being men. The sexes are not interchangeable; women and men are different. What’s good for the goose is not good for the gander.

3. He should not have caved. It’s not hard to find support from other anti-feminists in order to give effective rhetorical answers. However, I’m sure he was worried about losing commercial sponsorship, so he comes off as a coward in the end. This is not a man who lives by his convictions. He took what he considered a small risk, but his losses were huge.

4. We would normally have no interest in sinners screeching at each other during pursuit of life in a very fallen context, but there are times when we can point out certain events as instructive. In this case, the whole thing needs to be kept in the perspective of heart-led contemplation from Biblical Law. Once again, we see how clearly the world is going to Hell, and this is an example of how and why that is happening.

By the way, a solid rhetorical response would be to dismiss the feminist choice of battleground. Instead of answering directly their complaints, he should have pointed out the obvious issue they were trying to keep from the discussion. What he thinks about such things is none of their business. By the same token, what they think about such things is of no consequence to him, in part because the women involved are of no consequence to him. They are all likely incapable of becoming important to him. He may want to humor slutty reporters for the sake of his job, but he should never take them seriously. The choice to be slutty is not a sacred cow.