Talk:Almost/@comment-26012641-20150213123639/@comment-24079115-20150309222624

Very sorry you felt that way, but if you think about the context, I think the description was necessary.

First of all, the protagonist was just that: the protagonist. And thus an explanation of his own appearance would be somewhat out of place and wouldn't contribute much to the story as a whole (every detail should be important in flash fiction such as this).

Secondly, you speak of objectifying women, but in this context the woman is quite literally an object. She is a robot, designed in this (perhaps dystopic) setting to function as an object for lusty men. Further, the (perhaps lewd?) description of her body was necessary for the sake of the prose in contrast with the inhuman nature of her face.

And lastly, you have to understand that this description of her was from the PoV of the protagonist, a lusty, loveless loser who works quality control in a sexbot factory. And therein lies the reason for the differences in the description of the male and female bots (aside from the necessity of a more in-depth description of her from a literary standpoint).

Again, I'm very sorry you were offended by my piece, and I hope you now understand why I described the female as I did. I am also absolutely on your side in that I believe the objectification of women is a huge problem in society today, which was actually part of my inspiration for this piece. That is, in this dystopian future society, this ill has grown so fierce that sentient beings have been made purely for sex. The worst fear of the man in this society, further, is an ugly woman. In essence, this is a critique on society, not romanization of its values. Sorry again and thank you for your feedback!