Posted on February 1 at 5:53 p.m.
IMO, your notion that a double standard exists is misguided. These ads are created to attract business, so they are marketed to appeal to the potential customers and cultural stereotypes that the majority of both genders accept. If women want to express their sexuality, they should. No one is stopping them. The same goes for men that don't want to express the same. Both will be working against the grain of cultural stereotypes but that's life. Deal with it.
FYI, I don't subscribe to the notion that these ads have anything to do with the expression of sexuality. It's all about the act itself and sexuality is so much more than that.
Posted on January 25 at 6:53 a.m.
"“I think people just need to educate themselves,” Schieber said. “Life really does start at conception. Science proves it.”"
Well that's just, like, your opinion lady.
Frankly, I doubt scientists have much to say about a philosophical issue. When you say life, you mean potential personhood. And literally speaking, life never really ends. Conception is just an arbitrary man-made benchmark. FYI, according to your definition, God is the biggest abortionist/abortion advocate of all-time (1 of 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage).
Posted on January 25 at 6:43 a.m.
"Simply put, a feminist is “of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women.”"
Feminist organizations like NOW don't advocate for equal rights, they advocate for women's rights. It's an important distinction.
In a class with five women and about 35 men, the teacher announced that for each group project she will split up the girls so every group would have one girl.
"This has become something of a routine for my friend, though she was less than ethusiastic about being the only female in a group.
She expects to be the one that the others assume will pick up the slack in the group and take on more of a writing role."
Apparently I missed the logic that led to the conclusion that she would have to pick up the slack. Are you inferring that the men are lazy?
Posted on February 2 at 9:40 a.m.
My general point is that you've picked a rather petty example of inequality, and one that goes both ways. Men are losers if they aren't sexually active. Women are skanks if they are (I'm not so sure that's true anymore). As to taking the pill at work, as a customer I would be offended if a woman or man was taking an oral contraceptive in front of me. It's tacky and unprofessional IMO.
Frankly, I think other women are the ones that perpetuate the historical female stereotypes the most. It puts women on a pedestal. If all things are equal b/ women and men, why buy you dinner, open your door, do all/most of the pursuing, etc.?
I'm a 33 y.o. moderately liberal nontrad. student who took my first semester at KU the fall of '92. There's a pretty big difference b/ then and now in terms of the openness of women towards sex and talking about sex and a lot of it I don't approve of (like a female 24 y.o. TA making a "bigger is better" comment during her office hours). When you leave campus, you'll have to pick and choose what battles are worth the fight. IMO, this isn't one of them.
Thanks for commenting on my comment.
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