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lbrtbell

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28. WTF?

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:44 PM

Dec 2012

This isn't the feminism I grew up with. We were tired of being expected to dress up as sex objects, because we wanted to be respected for our hearts and minds.

Now, "feminists" mock women for NOT dressing like sex objects. "Try on some burquas" is an excellent example of this.

Why mock these girls for not wanting to be sexualized? Why mock their choice of sexual activity? Whether a girl wants to be sexually active or not is her choice. That's what real feminism is all about--girls and women having control over their lives.

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School's Modesty Club urges girls to show restraint, less skin [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 OP

Uniforms are the answer. I know it's something that Americans really resist Cleita Dec 2012 #1

Heh, I almost have to agree. Would lead to less students being picked on. Wouldn't have Proles Dec 2012 #15

Many countries require them in their public schools or at least a smock to wear Cleita Dec 2012 #16

Uniforms are sexist lbrtbell Dec 2012 #27

Really? Where I went to school the boys had to wear uniforms too. Cleita Dec 2012 #31

+1 Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #51

In China all the kids wear track suits. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #47

Good point!!-- in 1960 AlexSatan Dec 2012 #57

My daughter and son wear almost exactly the same uniform GobBluth Dec 2012 #61

Answer to what question? Isn't the real problem that our culture tells women that their value is Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #35

Uniforms from before the sixties have been fetishized. Cleita Dec 2012 #46

Saige, try being honest about your goals. enlightenment Dec 2012 #2

Hmm. I got a spidey-sense tingle that hifiguy Dec 2012 #8

Or at least we got the same tingle . . . enlightenment Dec 2012 #17

When I was her age, I would have thought, "Then how will TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #3

Try on some burqas! Quantess Dec 2012 #4

WTF? lbrtbell Dec 2012 #28

there don't seem to be any good role models these days liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #38

No one is mocking them for not wanting to be sexualised. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #48

Exactly. Fashion Police Club. Quantess Dec 2012 #50

Because non of the other kids or cliques AlexSatan Dec 2012 #58

"girls and women having control over their lives" Quantess Dec 2012 #49

Knee length shorts? gollygee Dec 2012 #5

So you can't be a 'bright, heroic' girl HappyMe Dec 2012 #6

What I know about 15 year old girls...to each their own and some girls don't... Tikki Dec 2012 #7

If it's voluntary, it's okay, so long as the school permits an FHA club for girls, too. Bucky Dec 2012 #9

That's some "fauxminism" going on right there. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #10

I've been a feminist since the 1960's lbrtbell Dec 2012 #29

I'm not sure what you're responding to. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #32

The problem starts with the designers and marketers of girl's clothes, pnwmom Dec 2012 #36

I don't think the problem starts with them, but they sure don't help. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #52

+1 AlexSatan Dec 2012 #59

Nothing wrong with that... LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #11

Lady Hawk, do you happen to have the link to that teen's video? riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #14

check Catherina's thread in the Feminists group LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #19

No star, no access to that group. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #20

Here you go: LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #23

You rock!! Thank you!! I know someone who needs this right now. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #24

... LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #25

+10 Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #40

Thinly veiled slut shaming aimed solely at girls (Modesty Week doesn't apply to boys obviously) riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #12

I don't think they wear the magic undies until they get married. enlightenment Dec 2012 #18

Boys/ clothes don't usually expose that much skin. pnwmom Dec 2012 #34

that depends on where you live liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #39

Do the boys wear tops with spaghetti straps to school, bare their midriffs, pnwmom Dec 2012 #44

no they just wear shorts that droop so they can show off that area right above the pubic area liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #45

All hail the Junior Anti-Sex League! Or the late Kim Jong Il's Pleasure Brigade. slackmaster Dec 2012 #13

Orrin Hatch's niece and nephew? Modesty, no cussing? The Mormons must be recruiting. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #21

It's not about empowerment, about repression, and as someonone noted-where's the modesty for boys? joeybee12 Dec 2012 #22

Religious Fundamentalists don't see boys as the "Temptress", but as the "Tempted". Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #42

Romney lost - so now there will be no trendsetting Mormon in the WH Smilo Dec 2012 #26

What about boys? No "modest" expectations for them? n/t gkhouston Dec 2012 #30

Miniskirts and short skirts can be worn in good taste Tabasco_Dave Dec 2012 #33

Could we get a student to start an Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #37

It doesn't bother me liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #41

My only objection is seeing their Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #43

Complete agreement here. amandabeech Dec 2012 #53

When I see teens like that AlexSatan Dec 2012 #60

I think I heard that in the 60s already. We were very aware of being used in these ways already jwirr Dec 2012 #54

It's groups like this that create the stereotype that 'short skirts/short tops = slut' LynneSin Dec 2012 #55

Interesting, but odd. MineralMan Dec 2012 #56