2005-05-10 - 14:05

Experiment: find 5 instances in which woman is an object existing for the enjoyment of men.

Aww, look how cute I can be when I'm feeling affectionate. I love that dress, by the way. Oh, and that's Felicia not Lindsay.

So, I've been reading a lot of things that are shelved in Women's studies recently, well, Women's studies and sexuality. Last night, something occurred to me, our society has a pretty strongly ingrained cultural frame that says female sexuality and women exist solely for the enjoyment of men. I have to get ready for work, so I can't really elaborate on it right now, but I want you to think about it as you go about your business today. I bet you can easily come up with five instances in which a woman is portrayed where her sexuality is displayed not for her enjoyment of it but for someone else's enjoyment of it. You won't even have to go to the smut section of a bookstore to do this.

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