"Junior high was also the time when the sexual harassment began to cross over from childishly obnoxious to predatory. Some of the same actions, like yanking at a girl's swimsuit, became less about embarrassing her and more about giving her (posted to Men, masculinity, porn and feminism)
THANK YOU. I've been waiting for a critical response to the pieces in the Times. There was also a ridiculous article about "feminist hawks" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23FOB-medium-t.html). As if we needed more articles that stereotype feminists. Ugh. (posted to Getting out of the way so women can save the world)
Agreed. I wonder a lot about this for myself. I am a Women+Gender Studies major and have been an activist for gay rights and I think those things have influenced my sexuality. I'm not sure if I would be interested (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: How Do I Come Out? Am I Gay?)
This could be seen totally differently--I think it's a silly and ridiculous photo spread that does more to make fun of porn and female objectification than it does to endorse it. (see the images here: http://git.to/8j) It reads as if (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
Using the world "cartoonish" to describe real women's bodies- no matter how much plastic surgery they've had, no matter how many little flaws are airbrushed away, these are still, y'know, actual living people we're talking about-is not okay. (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
What I don't like about the Simpsons, Family Guy, The King of Queens, According to Jim, and every other sitcom you look at is that the guy is always fat, unromantic, and ignorant, and the woman is beautiful, smart, but (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
I have never seen a woman who naturally looks like the women in mainstream porn. Yes, some women naturally have nearly invisible pores (I saw someone who had photoshop-like skin the other day). Yes, some women naturally have small-waists and (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
To further elaborate on that. "Hentai" translates to mean strange. Most of hentai is very odd performing sex acts that porn stars psychially can't. There are a small number of titles that are pretty animated versions of live-action porn films. (posted to Sex and the Simpsons: Marge's <em>Playboy</em> cover)
