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by tehchromic 1664 days ago
I suppose as someone interested in cancel culture I would wonder respectfully why there's anything wrong with celebrating beauty as a feminine attribute, or with comparing a beautiful camel to a beautiful woman, (if in fact that's what was done)?

True, males have been traditionally denied the status of "beauty" in more traditional cultural arenas, and yes, many unfair prejidices towards domesticated animals exist such that their comparison to a human is assumed to be derogatory. However why let a few bad apples spoil the bunch?

I don't think there's anything wrong with celebrating beauty in all its forms and comparisons and I thoroughly enjoyed this article.

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the issue is that it implies that Bedouins have relations with their camels. It's a common slur towards desert nomads & arabs.
cf. Wales and sheep,
See also the age old proverb applied to anything is highly male:

"the men are men the women are men and the sheep are scared"