When I was home last weekend for Easter, my mom was watching The Cosby Show when I woke up. We were watching it and the episode was one that Theo, the son, and the mom were discussing what was disrespecting to women. Theo's mom saw a magazine in his room about cars and every picture of a car had a half naked women draped over the hood, the trunk, or in the car sitting seductively. She got on him and told him to throw every magazine away he had like that because it was disrespectful. I immediately thought of this class because we've discussed how they sexualize items with women in advertisements. She asked him if that's the kind of woman he wanted to end up marrying and he said he wouldn't look for someone like that, because it should be about their personality.
That just made me think that if men think that way, then why are women so sexualized all the time? I don't understand the logic there.
I completely agree. A lot of people will say that looks aren't everything and personality is what you are really into. But the way I see it is that it is someone's looks that they are first attracted to and what gets you to talk to that person. I think it would be hard to date or even marry a person that has been seen by everyone when that is something that the two of you have to share, but that is just my own personal opinion about the matter.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very god point you are bringing up! I feel like so many guys how posters like this hanging in their room. A sports illustrated or sports poster with a half naked women-- and we all know its not their to represent the car or the magazine Sports Illustrated. Its their to show the girls body. And the thing that REALLY gets me-- If guys see girls like that in real life they are so quick to judge and label her a 'slut' or 'whore' for making herself look that way.
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