Archive for March, 2007
Positive Portrayal or Objectification?
Female sexuality in popular culture is usually indicated by the degree to which the female in question is an object of another’s desire, not a subject. Women who express sexual desire must be hot (read: skinny, young, buxom) or their sexuality is construed as too repulsive and vulgar to conform to social norms. Men, [...]
Posted: March 14th, 2007 under Comedy, Female Sexuality, Full-Figuring, Misogyny.
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Burning feminism
Recently, this was at the bottom of an email i recieved from the AAS. I deleted the email, and then went back into my deleted files folder to get this quotation: “Men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they’re both on fire, they’re exactly alike.” — Dave Attell. I’m looking [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2007 under Budweiser, Dave Atell, Female Sexuality, Man On Fire, Misogyny, The Media, Woman On Fire, World On Fire.
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