# Misogynistic and creepy or fun and liberating...or both? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397 "2005-08-10T03:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/1 "2005-08-10T03:37:05Z")
[http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf](http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf) At first I looked at it from her point of veiw. And it was like some hypnotic dream. Then I realized you could manipulate her…and then it was sort of like a lucid Satanic dream. Then I couldn’t deside who to identify with. Or who was having more fun. Then I decided if anything was really creepy it was that SHE WILL NEVER STOP FALLING!!! What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/2 "2005-08-10T03:39:40Z")
My god. That is my worst nightmare in motion. Stop it. Stop it right now… -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/3 "2005-08-10T04:07:11Z")
Bizarre. She does stop sometimes, though…when she gets wedged in between a couple of bubbles. Interesting, but oddly disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/4 "2005-08-10T04:11:31Z")
I saw a version with George W Bush falling. For some reason it was less creepy than this one. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/5 "2005-08-10T04:15:59Z")
[This one’s more fun.](http://www.little-planet.net/hilton/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/6 "2005-08-10T04:38:44Z")
Thanks a lot guys. Now I’m scarred for at least the next half hour. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/7 "2005-08-10T04:51:37Z")
Awesome. It’s creepy when she lands on a bubble and stops falling; she looks like she’s breathing. Eergh. Fun, though. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/8 "2005-08-10T05:50:39Z")
DUUUUUUDE!!! Is this a new attraction at Disney or something? Cause I would soooo be there! ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/9 "2005-08-10T06:56:43Z")
I arranged her in a comfortable looking reclining position on some bubbles before closing the window. It’s a little disturbing how flexible her torso is; she’s apparently some sort of strange caterpillar. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/10 "2005-08-10T07:03:54Z")
Wow, this doesn’t look too comfortable: [http://home.ripway.com/2004-11/210175/ouch.JPG](http://home.ripway.com/2004-11/210175/ouch.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/11 "2005-08-10T07:14:27Z")
This. is. freaking… FUN! Lookit her go! Whee! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/12 "2005-08-10T11:40:41Z")
To answer the OP: Misogynistic and creepy. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/13 "2005-08-10T12:01:46Z")
It’s just a little demo of ragdoll physics. That is something for video games. To me it has all of the social statement of a lava lamp. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/14 "2005-08-10T13:35:16Z")
I’m finding it a bit creepy. I got her perched in a comfy looking position on a couple of bubbles before I quit. Poor thing. Funny how I can feel compassion for a computer generated image. I’m a sap. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/15 "2005-08-10T14:45:48Z")
I personally find it completely hypnotic. It’s just so…_weird_. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/16 "2005-08-10T15:46:40Z")
You know you can control her a little with the mouse. I like laying her down and smashing her face over and over onto one of the rocks. Obviously, I vote for “fun and liberating”. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/17 "2005-08-10T16:05:49Z")
Fun! I like it the best when she just falls and falls and I don’t have to do anything. For whatever reason, it looks like fun. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/18 "2005-08-10T16:38:43Z")
Why would it be misogynistic? Because the character is a woman? If it was a man, would it be misandristic? Generally, if you want to portray a human, it is difficult to not give them some sex. That a character has a certain sex does not mean it is intended as a representative of that sex, and things that happen to or are done to that character need be no more than that. It is creepy, though. And fun. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/19 "2005-08-10T17:15:25Z")
It’s not misogynistic IMO, because you aren’t doing anything to hurt her. She’s already falling. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397/20 "2005-08-10T17:27:29Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > It’s not misogynistic IMO, because you aren’t doing anything to hurt her. She’s already falling. But c’mon - she _does_ land in some … er … “compromising” postions. Many of them. Limply. That being said – yeah, it’s fun! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-and-creepy-or-fun-and-liberating-or-both/316397.md?page=2)