Posted on 10/10/2014 8:13:15 PM PDT by Morgana
Today, Jennifer Lawrence’s exclusive cover story with Vanity Fair hits the stands. The popular Hunger Games’ star speaks openly about the internet scandal involving the stolen nude photos of her. She calls it a “sex crime,” and says that anyone who purposely looked at the photos of her is guilty.
Lawrence is right that, just because someone is a public figure, it doesn’t give the general public – or anyone in particular – a right to view stolen photos of them.
But Lawrence also got it deeply wrong. In explaining why the nude photos were taken of her in the first place, she said:
I was in a loving, healthy, great relationship for four years. It was long distance, and either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he’s going to look at you.
Whoa, whoa, J.Law. Wait a minute, there. “Either your boyfriend is going to look at porn or he’s going to look at you”? And this is a “healthy” relationship?
This is an absolutely terrible standard to set for today’s women, and for today’s men as well. And it’s about as anti-woman as you can get.
Men do not need to look at porn, and contrary to popular opinion, not all men do. To read about the devastating consequences of porn, check this out, and this, too.
But really, how demeaning. Women hate to be classified and boxed in. Yet here Lawrence boxes in all men, proclaiming that they are definitely going to be looking at some naked woman.
Of course, if we were talking about a marriage relationship here, a husband and a wife have every right to look at each other naked. And they should. But we’re not talking about a marriage here; we’re talking about the supposed need for men to always have some naked woman to look at and the supposed duty for women to provide that to them.
By insinuating that women ought to “pay up” and provide naked photos of themselves to whatever man they’re in a relationship with at the moment, Lawrence objectifies women. She degrades them as little more than sex objects, designed to satisfy the appetites of men.
I can’t even express how wrong this is. No, young woman, it is not your duty to take and share naked photos of yourself with your boyfriend. If you believe he’s either going to look at you or find other naked women, find a different man.
You deserve better.
There are men out there who actually respect women and their bodies. They would never expect their woman to text naked photos of herself. Objectifying – and all too often humiliating – yourself in this way is not what a good, respectful man expects.
If you’re with a man like this, dump him. Wait for someone better. Wait for a real man.
Real men can wait for marriage. Real men want you to respect your body. Real men don’t demand everything you have before they’ve even committed to you.
Unfortunately, it’s these kind of objectifying attitudes that wage a real War on Women in our nation. When women feel like objects and things that men can own, it sadly follows that they view their own children as objects and things that they can freely discard.
It’s a tragic cycle. Women are viewed as property. They are soon cast to the side. Children are viewed as property. They are thrown in the trash.
Honestly, I like Jennifer Lawrence. I like that she eats food. I like that she’s clumsy. I like that she stumbles over her words. (And of course, I love Katniss Everdeen.) But it’s my hope that young women who look up to her can reject this terrible statement that she made.
Eat hamburgers like Jennifer Lawrence.
Laugh at yourself like Jennifer Lawrence.
But do not believe that you owe naked photos of yourself to a man like Jennifer Lawrence.
Be a respectable and respectful woman, and demand that any man you are with conducts himself in an equally respectful way. And whatever you do, don’t contribute to this horrible cycle of objectifying human beings.
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If you take any advice from Hollywood screwballs, you deserve everything that you get. These people don’t live normal lives and are pretty much all freakshows.
Terrific article.
I haven't seen the pictures, but I don't think she's a man.
Ms. Lawrence is only 24. Don’t expect deep wisdom from her. I remember all the stupid stuff I said at that age. Heck, 35 years later I’m still saying dumb things.
“I haven’t seen the pictures, but I don’t think she’s a man.”
Considering this is Hollyweird, you never really know.
Porn study couldn’t find a man who hasn’t viewed porn
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/252909/scitech/science/porn-study-couldn-t-find-a-man-who-hasn-t-viewed-porn
What is seen, can’t be unseen.
Jennifer Lawrence is an airhead actress who thinks butt plugs are funny for family TV and has had nude/porn pics released/hacked from her cloud.
I do not understand why anyone would care about her opinion on anything.
Funny how the Left cheered when Sarah Palin’s email account was hacked, and the leftist media assigned entire teams of reporters to examine and report the contents of her emails.
rofl
They probably advertised for the study in porn magazines
Personally, I think any twit stupid enough to take these kind of pictures of themselves with their phones and send it to someone deserve the fruits of their stupidity. How many times have Ex’s sold movies or pictures to get back the other? You just can’t fix stupid!
I can understand that she’s pissed about her naked pics being hacked and spread around, but if a woman who was not a Hollywood darling (Sarah Palin or Michelle Malkin, for example) compared nekkid pictures to actual sex crimes, the PC Police would be all over them, saying they were diminishing the effect of “real” sex crimes, etc.
If I peeked in her window and saw her naked, that would be a criminal offense. But what if she takes a naked picture and tacked a copy on her wall and I look in and see it? What happened is just a high-tech equivalent, where the naked pics she took ended up being posted in a place someone could see them. Her recourse, if any, is against iCloud.
True. The ultimate objective of pornography is money, and a reduction of humanity to genitalia. Nothing else matters.
That anyone would take advice or guidance from a 20 something year old is, frankly, depressing.
Has she ever addressed her political beliefs? I’ve never heard anything political from her.
I had a young friend who had lost her mother when she was13. I think the best advice I ever gave her was don’t let anyone take nude pictures of you. This current youth culture has no boundaries. I am sorry this happened to Lawrence......I enjoy her acting and her vulnerabilities. But maybe this is a wake up call to take back your privacy. I hope others understand this lesson, too.
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