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Loves of a Sex Geek
Think it. Feel it. Fuck it.
[F]or young women, the culture of slut shaming that the Kristen Stewart scandal represents won’t go away. I might not be concerned for K-Stew, but I am concerned for all the young women today who are tuned into this scandal, ones who are learning that it’s not okay to screw up, ever. Chris Brown can publicly beat the hell out of his girlfriend but still be played on the radio and win Grammys. However, if you ever cheat on your boyfriend, your life is over and no one will ever want to be associated with you. Almost no one will blame the much-older guy you cheated with, and it might actually make him more famous and help his career. Few will care that he was your boss and in a position of authority or that he may have taken advantage of your youth and relative inexperience. Everything is your fault, and your life will be threatened over it.
(via allthechocolatesinthebox)
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"Nice Guys" Contribute to Rape Culture
Men, we have a crucial role to play in this. We benefit from male privilege every moment of every day. We may not ask for it, but it’s there. So let’s use it to confront rape-supportive behavior, rape jokes and rape culture whenever we can. Let’s listen when we’re told we’ve done something that inadvertently supports rape culture, rather than getting defensive. Let’s learn from feminist women who speak and write about sexual violence and rape culture. Let’s support our local rape crisis center and state sexual assault coalition. Let’s be “aspiring allies” to feminist women, as together we work to create a world free from sexual violence.
Ben Atherton-Zeman for Ms. Magazine
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LEGO is just one of many companies participating in aggressively gendered marketing that encourages children to conform to very narrow social expectations according to gender.
For more information, links and a full transcripts visit http://www.FeministFrequency.com
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A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, [it is] an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.
Yes, we live in a sexist culture, in which women have no good choices when it comes to our bodies. We live in a sexist culture in which women are valued primarily as sexual objects, and at the same time are shamed for our sexuality. It seems to me that we have two choices as to how to respond to this. We can try to navigate the narrow, essentially impossible shoals of these contradictory expectations, and try to find that perfect, socially acceptable line between slut and prude.
Or we can say, “Fuck it. There is no way I can win — so I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want. I’m going to wear overalls, or I’m going to wear high heels. I’m going to have sex with twenty strangers in a night, or I’m not going to have sex with anyone. I’m going to dress conservatively and professionally in public at all times, or I’m going to sell naked pictures of myself on the Internet if I bloody well feel like it.”
And in saying, “I can’t win, so I’m going to do whatever the fuck I want to do,” we can create the beginnings of a victory. We can create the beginnings of a world where we really can win. We can create the beginnings of a world where we’re a little more free than the women who came before us… and where the women who come after us are a little more free than we are. We probably can’t create a perfect world, where women’s bodies aren’t commodified in the slightest (not in this generation, anyway). But we can create a better world: a world where women’s bodies and minds belong less to the patriarchy, and more to ourselves.
(via sexisnottheenemy)
Uhhhh because women need men’s validation in order to feel acceptable? Oh okay.
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Slut Shaming and Why it’s Wrong, by astrorice
Not only an awesome all-around video on slut-shaming and it’s impact on rape culture, but I’m so impressed by this teen’s passion and knowledge! And most importantly: courage to stand up to adults and fellow teens about a topic she is passionate about, and in the minority.
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Webcomic speaks truth about judgmental nature of "walk of shame"
Jezebel linked to a great webcomic about transforming social norms regarding the “walk of shame”. The strip laughs the issue off with ADD-esque “oh, ice cream!” but this is a serious matter. No one should feel devalued or shameful for (possibly) enjoying pleasure, whether it be sex or ice cream. We as individuals have no right to pre-judge a person’s actions or decisions, especially based on factors as simple as time of day and his or her current dress.