|| SHAMING || CRITICISM DOESN'T MEAN SHAMING ... DOES IT? ||

[slytherincesss]

If you want to shame me, I'll give you a head start by listing several areas of shaming that are particularly relevant (although you are free to choose any one of my shortcomings, as you see fit). Hmm, let's see . . . there's gender shaming, race shaming, mother shaming, socio-economic shaming, slut shaming, food shaming, body shaming, disability

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[celestlyn]

Yeah, this whole 'shaming' thing is beginning to be a pet-peeve of mine. It's gotten so un-PC these days to express a negative opinion about anything, that I'm learning to just keep my mouth shut. (Okay, not really! That isn't likely to happen, but I've certainly learned to pick my battles.) It has become acceptable for anyone to say and do anything they want and 'fuck you' to anyone who finds that behavior inappropriate. It seems everyone is entitled to their opinion...unless it disagrees, then it's stfu.

Sinead O'Connor comes from a different time. It was a time when women had respect for their bodies and didn't feel the need to display every inch of them to the world. I find that the neo-feminists of today think of feminism totally differently than those of a couple decades ago. In the past, a feminist abhorred the whole idea of displaying her body, not because she felt that it was immoral or 'slutty', but because she took exception to a society in-which women's bodies were a commodity at all. The feminists of today feel that it is their right to do as they please with their bodies and while I agree that they have that right, I still find it sad that they should feel the need to use their bodies as weapons and bargaining-chips. It's a subtle difference at the core of the issue and one I find myself completely unable to explain, but it creates a huge gap between the older feminists and the neo-feminists.