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History of Feminism

dart_dart

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16. Try not to be blind

Reply to Tumbulu (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 14, 2015, 02:58 AM

Feb 2015

my impression is that you haven't looked around... A very large percentage of music in general portrays women as sex objects anything regarding an intimate relationship, like country, rock and pop also hold this in common.. outside of rap culture, and existed before then too.

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Jada Pinkett-Smith: “The War On Men Through The Degradation Of Woman” [View all] seabeyond Dec 2012 OP

Lost me at "war on men" MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #1

perhaps a better title -- Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #2

Or men's war on themselves . . . n/t mzteris Dec 2012 #3

"Warrior culture" ismnotwasm Dec 2012 #4

I can't get past the gender stereotyping. MadrasT Dec 2012 #5

ya... well, it is more a spiritual type emotional seabeyond Dec 2012 #6

To me it feels like she is holding up women MadrasT Dec 2012 #7

Well I take this to mean that in the popularized current version of the patriarchy Tumbulu Dec 2012 #12

OK well I could sure agree with *that*. n/t MadrasT Dec 2012 #15

Really, any flavor of feminist thought MadrasT Dec 2012 #8

better than has never done it for me either. i hate the "mysterious" "woman on pedestal" crap. seabeyond Dec 2012 #9

I'm not often looking at popular music video's, etc Tumbulu Dec 2012 #10

meh... lol seabeyond Dec 2012 #14

Try not to be blind dart_dart Feb 2015 #16

I am still really tired and depressed. MadrasT Dec 2012 #11

hey, woman.... i have been tired and depressed for oh, seabeyond Dec 2012 #13