Monday, November 1, 2010
Sex, its everywhere
I dont like to watch t.v with my parents late at night because I do not know what we are going to see. I don't know what to do with myself when the "girls gone wild" advertisements come on like an add for shoes or shampoo. Sex on t.v has become normal. In her article "Pop Culture Gone Wild" Valenti talks about the amount of girls in magazines and on t.v being sexual. It is sad, and thankfully she does not support the views of young feminists that argue that this kind of behavior is empowering to women. In her article Valenti talks about the conundrum that women face in terms of how we are meant to act. We are told to be a Virgin, but be sexy. We are told to like sex, but don't come. We are told be available, yet unattainable and have the sexy image of a lesbian, who likes men. It tells women who are of color that that is only acceptable in stereotypes. Her argument of how women cannot possibly fit into everything that society tells them they should be without splitting into an array of different people
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