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I’m probably going to miss the mark on this, but there seems to be a huge contrary message in this country. On the one hand there are all the sexual harassment laws and complaints by feminists about the objectification of females. Pushing hard against this is the “other side” which seems to want to display as much sexual image as possible in public as well as in the entertainment medium, regardless of the age of the female. The point being, is that it is not them men who are the opponents here. It is female driven.

>> On the one hand there are all the sexual harassment laws and complaints by feminists about the objectification of females. Pushing hard against this is the “other side” which seems to want to display as much sexual image as possible in public as well as in the entertainment medium, regardless of the age of the female.

Actually - I’ve often thought some of this was a backlash against feminism. Feminism denigrates female beauty, the natural female desire for a male companion, etc. Thus, feminism is so anti-feminine, and anti-sexy that girls and women have been going to the opposite extreme as a backlash.

Feminism went to one extreme, so women and girls over-emphasize their femininity and their attractiveness to men. In turn, feminists get more pissy, and more extreme. This is why feminism is increasingly radical in an age where Girls Gone Wild is increasingly popular.

As for the youth ... kids always want to grow up too fast. The problem is when parents allow it to happen.

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Not at all, you make an excellent point. We are not supposed to regard women as sexual objects, but if Janet Jackson wants to come into our home and expose her breast, we are supposed to accept that without complaint. Why am I surprised that liberals can hold two completely contrary ideas in their head at the same time?

Turns out Orwell was an optimist.

“Pushing hard against this is the “other side”...”

That’s the only mark you missed. They are the same “side”. Self-contradictory. It’s no coincidence that the most sexually “open” places in America have the most stringent harassment laws.

It’s about women having all the power related to all things “woman”.

I’m probably going to miss the mark on this, but there seems to be a huge contrary message in this country. On the one hand there are all the sexual harassment laws and complaints by feminists about the objectification of females. Pushing hard against this is the “other side” which seems to want to display as much sexual image as possible in public as well as in the entertainment medium, regardless of the age of the female.

I think you're on to something. Female Freepers can correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the more male behavior becomes constrained (by things like sexual harassment laws and more restrictive social norms), the more women want dress and act more provocatively, to provoke the reaction they want from men.