tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142157698921496322.post806483402565765861..comments2022-09-07T03:23:27.934-06:00Comments on I Found This Creepy: With No Love, From MeChutzpahGrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10835045830579279825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142157698921496322.post-81311819923756262372012-10-02T23:11:46.003-06:002012-10-02T23:11:46.003-06:00I've hears some folks say they can't get t...I've hears some folks say they can't get to the original comment I left, so I'll copy it in here.<br /><br />"I get that point, and also there is a whole cultural history at work here that might be considered. Without going into the vast details, basically our culture, historically and today, puts a very high value on women’s sexuality. I mean, we can see this in advertisements and in media clearly. This is one of those things that does trickle down to individuals who learn that women’s value is in her sexual attributes -i.e. how she looks and how she presents herself.<br /><br /> Women are usually not aware of this working behind the scenes unless they’ve studied it but they learn that in order to have power, they need to display value, and culturally value is highly placed on her sex.<br /><br /> I’m not saying that women should or should not do this, but the issue of whether or not women are valued for the content of her inner person or outer person is something that we can decide, as individuals, if we do. Turning the issue into a “I’ll do what you want if you behave a certain way” is, frankly, coercive and is the sort of thinking that leads to a culture in which women are assaulted and raped and then not believed.ChutzpahGrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835045830579279825noreply@blogger.com