A bunch of male Twitter users just learned what many women feel when they are being judged for their appearance.
Twitter user Iris Vicencio (@irisvicencio) wrote on Sunday in a now-viral tweet: “I don’t think it’s right for men to be shirtless. It’s so offensive to look at and it’s like they’re trying to show off their body. They’re so slutty for it. Why not just put a shirt on? Do you do it for attention? I think shirtless men are asking for it. Respect yourselves.”
I don’t think it’s right for men to be shirtless. It’s so offensive to look at and it’s like they’re trying to show off their body. They’re so slutty for it. Why not just put a shirt on? Do you do it for attention? I think shirtless men are asking for it. Respect yourselves.
— Iris Vicencio (@irisvicencio) March 24, 2019
After just a few hours, the tweet blew up and she posted a follow-up tweet saying, “I got the reaction I wanted. Lol now you guys get what you sound like when you say shit like these to us [women]?”
She then shared screenshots of men responding to her tweet. One says: “[H]ah? [S]orry [but] I don’t think all men is (sic) trying to impress you.”
Twitter user @JohnBranzuela also replied: “[E]ven breathing is offensive nowadays.”
Another screenshot says: “[I] go topless when it is hot inside the house or even when [I] swim at the beach, am [I] a slut now?”
One user by the handle @Clxbsport said: “WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE SO OFFENSIVE THESE DAYS THAT EVEN THE NORM OF US MEN TAKING OFF OUR SHIRTS (even for any reason other than sex) IS CONSIDERED BLASPHEMY??? Asking for it????? Wtf [are you serious]????”
She posted another screenshot of @ETHEREALB0Y’s response saying: “If their body is beautiful and they worked hard for it, [I] guess they are just uhm ‘proud’ on (sic) what they achieved??? idk”
I got the reaction I wanted. Lol now you guys get what you sound like when you say shit like these to us? pic.twitter.com/DntZKXQcQh
— Iris Vicencio (@irisvicencio) March 24, 2019
Vicencio told Coconuts Manila through a Twitter message that she created the tweet after noticing that a lot of guys still blame a rape or sexual assault victim’s outfit for the crime.
“At some point, I just grew tired of it so I decided to pull one on them and reversed the roles,” she said.
“I took words from some tweets I saw and literally just changed ‘women’ to ‘men’ and the pronouns. I knew it would piss some men off if they weren’t witty enough to catch the sarcasm or if they were intensely defensive.”
She added that she didn’t want to reveal that her first tweet was sarcastic until 24 hours had passed, but after two hours of posting, she said she started getting replies from “angry and offended men defending themselves the same way women would.”
“I recognized the irony and found it incredibly funny. I didn’t really think it would be this successful, I thought people would be smart enough to sense the sarcasm and the joke but apparently some people choose to be defensive,” she told Coconuts.
The experiment proved to be a hit, with her initial tweet and big reveal having over 20,000 likes and 7,000 retweets each as of this article’s posting.
Netizens had a lot to say about the thread.
“‘Then don’t look at it (shirtless men) duhh’ had me shookt. Like damn, I wish we can say the same thing for ourselves,” said @khyrabella in English and Filipino.
“edi wag mong tignan duhh” had me shookt. Like damn, I wish we can say the same thing for ourselves.
— Little Lotte (@khyrabella) March 24, 2019
@shariamelville said: “[G]url, istg (I swear to God) that is what they should’ve told all those rapists that say ‘They (women) tempted me with all that skin.'”
gurl, istg that is what they should’ve told all those rapists na nagsasabi na ‘they tempted me with all that skin’ qaqu
— ️ (@shariamelville) March 25, 2019
“I hope those idiots learned a lesson. Maybe after learning that it was all a social experiment, they’d go back to their double standard views. Eeww,” said @notcapitalHIM.
I hope those idiots learned a lesson. Baka naman kasi after malaman na social experiment lang pala, balik ulit sa double standard views. Eeww.
— He who must not be named (@notcapitalHIM) March 25, 2019
@tikangg said: “This thread is so funny, all these defensive guys are also the ones who judge or blame girls hahaha.”
sobran funny ng thread na to hahahhahahahahahaha all these defensive guys are also the ones who judge or blame girls hahaha
— tiks (@tikangg) March 25, 2019
@erikasibal said: “It’s funny because women got what the tweet was all about at once hahaha. Goes to show how much men REALLY don’t get it.”
It’s funny because women got what the tweet was all about at once hahaha. Goes to show how much men REALLY don’t get it.
— Erika (@erikasibal) March 25, 2019
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