Sealskin
1 min readDec 18, 2019

Again, more “Fall in line, men and do as we women say.” Men like beautiful women. They always have and always will. When a woman is young, she gets male attention and resents it. When she’s past 35 and older and the attention stops, she complains. Good Grief. I don’t even know why this is an issue. Plenty of women have survived the “dreaded” phase of “men appreciating their appearance.” Women used to know how to use feminine charm to graciously accept a compliment and turn down unwanted attention. I didn’t used to understand why men opt out of dating and approaching women. Now I get it.

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Sealskin
Sealskin

Written by Sealskin

I write standard fiction, erotic fiction, essays and I love exploring ideas. I’m a recovering undiscovered woman.

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I think there’s a line between appreciation and objectification. This is about when it’s crossed. I’ve had men in the workplace tell me that they like my hair, or something similar, and it didn’t bother me. Context, tone and setting make a huge…

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