03-05-2009
04:47 AM
2 Loves
HA! Love the "flying peep show" comment - it's perfect!
People are constantly barraged with sex; scantily clad women selling absolutely everything from hamburgers and beer to animal rights and services for men who want to cheat on their wives. It's pervasive. It's everywhere: TV shows, commercials, movies, sports, billboards, newspapers and inserts, magazines, your inbox, web banners, even our check-out lanes at the grocery store, and now, our airlines. Other airlines feature inappropriate R-rated movies. This one features, well, a "flying peep show."
Marketing of this type is just one of the reasons men feel they have the right to ogle you as you are getting gas. After all, you are just a piece of meat, right?
Media of this sort is the just one of the reasons men are paid more for the same job. And just how many male secretaries have you ever seen? Hosts at restaurants? How many male voices have you heard say following the knock, "Housekeeping!"? Women won't shatter the glass ceiling until we get off the floor. That's a topic for another blog . . .
Ads like this are another reason why some women hate themselves, why some men can never be happy, why some girls starve themselves and have unrealistic goals, and why boys learn that women are objects placed here for their enjoyment. It's a vicious cycle.
As long as this sexism continues to perpetuate, women will NEVER be equal. Uptight? No, not really, just sick of unfairness and inquality. Prude? [chuckle]. Uh, no.
Go ahead, KNUCKLE-DRAGGERS UNITE, as always.
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