Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Cultural exaggerations of the female body!

I found this article very interesting with a very different perspective from a woman feminist from UK. She talks about the American cultures obsession with sexual exaggerations and female sexual organs. She talks about the images from playboy and the parody, fakery, and exaggerations that are what build womens own perspective and self worth. She also compares a few other countries and the differences that women self esteem is built upon. One great example was about the sex industry and how men from Japan use women's faces and womens sexual facial expressions as a type of "porn" compared to the U.S where the naked body and over exposure is the main source of pleasure.
Overall this is a very intersting article and I think it would be beneficial for all to read just because of the comparisons it makes to the other countries and how much the American culture is obsessed with nudity and sex. I will warn that it does have obscenties but is overall a good, entertaining, and informative article! http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/08/how_do_i_look_i

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