The Price of Being a Woman
Why is an intelligent, hard working, talented actress like Sarah Jessica Parker considered “unsexy” (click to read article about Maxim) and yet a high-priced whore (oops, I mean “call girl”) is glamorized for bringing down the governor of NYC? It’s truly demoralizing to know that in the 21st century, our worth as human beings in a supposedly progressive society is still based on sex: how tiny our waists are, how big our boobs are, how pretty our faces are, how sexy we look, how sexy we dress, how good at sex we are… it makes me want to vomit!
We live in a society where everything is sexualized. Our children are sexualized, their clothing and costumes are sexualized; even their toys are sexualized. (Have you seen the baby dolls?) No wonder our kids walk around looking like “prosti-tots.” Why are we willing to allow society to dictate to us what a “beautiful” woman should be? Shame on Maxim, and shame on the men who support such garbage. If you don’t care about the impact of such trash on your wives’ self-esteem, just think of your daughters. It’s a high cost to pay.
I couldn’t agree with you more about this. I am seriously bugged by sexy little girl Halloween costumes, little girl mini skirts and cropped tops and bikinis. It’s as though from the age of 2 or 3 we are teaching them which assets will take them the farthest. It’s really annoying.
I was so bugged when I was shopping for easter dresses for Annie, especially. The cute ones, I mean prints, were all a little too sexy for me. I was getting a headache trying to decide what to put over all the spaghetti strap dresses I found.