Comments | bcfraggle: We've come so far, and then......

bcfraggle

We've come so far, and then......

Oct 16, 2006 08:37

This hit me the wrong way this morning. So I thought I'd post it here. Thanks, MSM. Nothing's going to change.

( In today's NYT op-ed column ... Why Aren't We Shocked? )

Comments 4

jld1119 October 16 2006, 13:26:10 UTC

Because every single girl in this country wears those stupid tshirts and refuses to have brains?

Shut up article! Some of us are smart and think we have more to offer in life.

bcfraggle October 16 2006, 13:37:31 UTC

Oh! I wholeheartedly agree. There are so many smart women out there who do know they have more to offer. I work with a fantastic bunch of them.

Part of what struck me the wrong way is the reality behind the article (the violence and devaluing of women), which I didn't even think of until it was pointed out. That makes me sad, because I don't think anything is going to change anytime soon.

stillife October 16 2006, 17:23:39 UTC

Good article - thanks for posting. While it sounds outrageous to say that one group is responsible for most of the world's violence, the fact is it's true - not based on ethnicity or nationality but on gender. This is the other side what the article is talking about.

This morning, the New York Law Journal had an advertising insert for men's business suits, featuring a preppy looking guy and a half-clad woman wearing little except the jacket from his suit. My boss - who is in his 70's - was like WTF? Women comprise about 50% of law school graduates. And we still don't get no respect!

bcfraggle October 16 2006, 21:49:56 UTC

Advertising drives me nuts. There was an ad for Diesel jeans that ran about a year ago ... it had a man in jeans from the waist down on top of 3 pairs of women's legs with cowboy boots. What message is this culture sending? It made me cringe everytime I saw it, including a full page ad in the New York Times.

Well, I have seen ads for a line of wedding dresses (oh shush, the subsciption was super cheap ;-)) that has a woman in a dress and a totally naked man (with the bits and pieces strategically hidden). It's like the naked man is there as a prop. Doesn't make up for objectifying women in any way, but I suppose it's interesting.