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A YouTube video by the user fouseyTUBE, who uses his channel to showcase his pranks and skits, recently released a video called “YOGA PANTS PRANK!” which immediately went viral.
The video shows the creator of the channel, a small man, bending over seductively, trying to retrieve something from the trunk of his car. He is in what seems to be a very busy parking lot, and as every man who walks by inevitably stares at his ass since they think he is a woman, he jumps up and calls out each man for looking at his ass. It’s actually a pretty hilarious prank, especially when you see how many of the guys are immediately horrified when they realize they’ve just checked out a man’s butt. Some of them laugh it off and admit that they thought they were checking out a woman, some walk away from him as fast as humanly possible, and the more humiliated ones turn to violence–most notably, the last larger guy who actually chases the prankster around the parking lot trying to fight him. (Granted, asking the already pissed guy to squeeze his ass may have been going a teensy bit overboard…)
Though it’s a hilarious video in itself, it’s also a great way to bring to light how women are objectified on a daily basis for wearing form-fitting clothing. Sure, some women wear yoga pants because they know they look good in them. Some women wear them for the pure comfort of relaxing, stretchy pants. Some may wear them for both reasons.
But does that mean a woman should have to deal with catcalling, being stared at, and basically being made to feel like she’s just here for no reason other than to provide a good view for men?
This prank perfectly exemplifies the kind of behavior women have to deal with from men every day–and not just when we’re wearing yoga pants. I hope this video opens men’s eyes as to how they, as a whole, treat women daily. Maybe, just maybe, they will think twice the next time they’re tempted to stare at a girl’s assets or catcall some ridiculous “compliment.”
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Did you really have to put a feminist twist to what could’ve been a hilarious mid-work day video? As long as women wear tight fitting clothes that show every curve they have, men will look just like women look at cut men in proper fitting clothes.
I’m not trying to perpetuate rape-culture or give the old “She was asking for it by wearing that”, but everyone literally looks at everyone else around them all the time. Taking it further than looking is certainly ungentlemanly, but if you see a guy with his shirt off don’t for a second tell me you’re not going to look. Humans are voyeuristic by nature. We observe everything around us. You can’t complain about wearing something that highlights certain sexually-charged parts of your body because people were in fact drawn to those highlighted parts.
Looking is fine. It’s when they’re blatantly staring and saying things like “that’s a fat mug” when it crosses the line and becomes street harassment. Obviously we are going to look at things we like – we’re human. But some of the men in that video weren’t just staring. The reason street harassment is a problem is because it can turn to violence if you don’t respond in the “right” way, as was also displayed in the video.
Overall, it was pretty hilarious to watch him call out people and watch their reactions.
That should’ve been her wording. Street harassment is a serious thing. Looking/staring is not.
Y’all make a good point, for sure. I get that it’s pretty much impossible to not at least look at girls in yoga pants, but it’s the commenting and creepily staring for long periods of time that make us uncomfortable. And honestly, this piece was to spark this exact kind of discussion on the topic–lots of guys still think it’s okay to comment or catcall at women when it’s just not. Hopefully if more people talk about this issue, it will prevent it from happening as often.
Two comments. 1st, I have to say that I cannot recall a single instance where I’ve been around when someone catcalled or had inappropriate conduct towards someone else in public. 2nd, I 100% agree that some guys take it too far and I will certainly endeavor, as I hope every guy with a brain will too, to prevent myself and anyone I come in contact with from completely inappropriate and ungentlemanly conduct.
If you don’t want guys looking at your ass wear sweat pants. Don’t ruin this for guys.