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Date Posted: 14:09:47 05/29/03 Thu
Author: Bbo
Subject: Re: Beauty, porn, and the modern woman.
In reply to: mvd 's message, "Beauty, porn, and the modern woman." on 10:31:36 05/29/03 Thu

I agree completely -- I will never let a Barbie Doll enter my house and plan on talking with my kids (male & female) about the ways that media manipulates our perceptions. I do think that the problem is tougher for women than men. Almost all women in the media that are portayed "positively" are also thin and pretty -- this is not the case with men -- fat and lazy seems to be, not only acceptable, but normal when it comes to primetime sit-coms. It's a huge double standard that drives me crazy.

TV makes all of this incredibly obvious (I think) and it's been apparent for many years -- I must watch more crappy TV than you do . . .

It's wierd that society continues to try to keep women in shackles even after the successes of "Women's Lib". They've just traded the bonds of patriachy for their own self-imposed ones of consumerism.

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