Letter to the Editor: Thursday November 10, 2016

Get a life

What a lot of kerfuffle regarding Paul Henry's "sexist" comments.

I can't recall any period of my life when I was not an enthusiastic admirer of a shapely female form.

Many happy hours were spent with my male friends 'perving' at young ladies on the beach, who were wearing skimpy costumes, and many were the comments passed that would have horrified those in the present day who are endeavouring to create a 'gender-neutral' society.

In case they haven't noticed, humans are divided into two distinct sexes (with some variations on that theme).

The basic urge of nature is the law of attraction that ensures the survival of the human race, thus some physical features are designed to contribute to that cause - shapely breasts being but one of them.

One guardian of our morals even commented, "Objectification as behaviour is dehumanising," and here is me, who has been objectifying for an entire lifetime.

Admiration is a compliment, yet there are some who choose to distort compliments into something objectionable - politically correct gender-neutral idiots just waiting to take offence at the slightest mention of very obvious gender-distinctive features.

For those poor souls I would offer three little words as a helpful suggestion - get a life.

MITCH MORGAN
Kaipara