Honey Badger Radio: How to be a creep

A Voice for Men

Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori described a phenomena called "the uncanny valley". As a robot approaches human in appearance and behaviour, it becomes more relatable and lovable. But at some point as it gets closer and closer to looking and acting human, it starts to become… well, eerie and disturbing. Almost right but still slightly wrong. It becomes creepy. Even a creep. This all begs the question, what is the standard of "human" that we're judging so-called creeps by? Who got to set this standard? The answer is that women do. Women decide what is and is not creepy and by extension what is and is not human. But if women have taken it upon themselves to be the arbiters of what is and isn't human, isn't that itself… sorta creepy?