I wonder what the response would be to a movie about women going out to find men to have sex with in the same place and time would be like (and what the reaction would be). You could probably make it with all the same actors playing all the same characters. Would this be objectifying the men? Would we care?
We wouldn't. That's part of my point and it's one of the problems of the double standard. If women go out to find men to have sex with it's empowering but when men do it it becomes sordid and entitled? Surely both sexes should be allowed to search for mates in healthy ways without being judged?
I wasn't looking at things from one point of view as oldkid suggests, I was looking at it from the point of view of what the characters were looking for. I don't even know why you would insert dating into the conversation.
Because I consider one-night stands a form of dating.
I believe that you are looking at the point of view of the characters. But the film didn't get me to the place that I can identify with the characters. I see them from a distance and think, "They're amusing, but I think the way they see women is awful." And that's where I stayed.
If women did the same thing, I'd have the same attitude. Repugnant, unfortunate, and on top of it, they are putting themselves in possible jeopardy. No double standard. I think that objectifying the other sex is a poor way to live.
And I'm not judging them morally. Well, I suppose I am about the objectification bit, but I don't have issues with their sexual actions. It's all above board and I know this is how some people live. I find it emotionally offensive. I wouldn't go to them and tell them to stop, because it's their choice. But I cannot appreciate people who do this kind of thing. Never could, from high school on. I think it's a personality difference.