On being a woman in public

[redqueen]

8. I wish I was a better writer. I meant to mention the way the media makes it worse,

even when no men bother you, the media's constant objectification increases this intense focus on women's appearance... convincing so many adolescent girls that those images are something to try to imitate. Eating disorders, self-esteem issues, and so many other problems are made worse by the sick obsession with women's looks and the insistence by so many that it really isn't a problem at all.

But then I suppose it isn't, for some. For men, or for the privileged women who blame those suffering from eating disorders, or any other consequences of the fanatical focus on looks, for not successfully blocking out these messages. Such people seem not to understand the subconscious, apparently. Sorry, ranting.