a long-dead oft-flogged horse.
http://twelvebats.tumblr.com/post/10532588708
This. Listed a lot of problems I have generally with portrayals of women in mainstream media (the link is about superhero comics in particular, but I think it applies to female characters in masculine narratives, for e.g. Supernatural). I'm not articulate or analytical enough half the time to pinpoint why I like/dislike something, so it's always good to come across someone who shares similar thoughts and who can list it all out. =3= Essentially, it talks about the objectification of women, that a lot of portrayals of women as sexually liberated beings are really just excuses to depict them as truck-stop calendar pinups.
I'm not sure where the idea that sexual liberation means bikinis and stripper fantasies comes from. Girls Gone Wild isn't sexual liberation, it's just pandering to het male fantasy. Stereotypically speaking anyway, but stereotypes have their bits of truth. Sexual liberation is when a woman isn't shamed for "being a slut", when choosing to have multiple sexual partners isn't a fucking social crime for her. Sex is a natural drive, it is not an inherent act of love, fucking get over it. I really hate it when people around me look down on a woman for not being monogamous, because really, that's their personal life, and who are you to judge her for it?
Sexual liberation isn't about being able to wear a bikini. It's about being treated like a goddamned person instead of an object.
This. Listed a lot of problems I have generally with portrayals of women in mainstream media (the link is about superhero comics in particular, but I think it applies to female characters in masculine narratives, for e.g. Supernatural). I'm not articulate or analytical enough half the time to pinpoint why I like/dislike something, so it's always good to come across someone who shares similar thoughts and who can list it all out. =3= Essentially, it talks about the objectification of women, that a lot of portrayals of women as sexually liberated beings are really just excuses to depict them as truck-stop calendar pinups.
I'm not sure where the idea that sexual liberation means bikinis and stripper fantasies comes from. Girls Gone Wild isn't sexual liberation, it's just pandering to het male fantasy. Stereotypically speaking anyway, but stereotypes have their bits of truth. Sexual liberation is when a woman isn't shamed for "being a slut", when choosing to have multiple sexual partners isn't a fucking social crime for her. Sex is a natural drive, it is not an inherent act of love, fucking get over it. I really hate it when people around me look down on a woman for not being monogamous, because really, that's their personal life, and who are you to judge her for it?
Sexual liberation isn't about being able to wear a bikini. It's about being treated like a goddamned person instead of an object.