Comments on: sex is power is alive http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sex-is-power-is-alive/ A blog/community created for teenage girls who care about their rights as women and want to be heard. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: allie http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sex-is-power-is-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-28539 allie Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:48:07 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1003#comment-28539 i agree with you totally. "We realize that it is a patriarchal culture that encourages women to seek empowerment and independence through sexual appeal in service to men." i never understood how prostitution and strip clubs can actually help women when they are from a patriarchal society in which women could not do the same job as a man so she had to use her body. though i can turn a blind eye to porn, just barely, i think prostitution is the worst thing to happen to women since forever. its about a women making her body an object and not a living thing. many may disagree with me but that is how i feel. there is a difference between being a sex object and being a sexual being. i agree with you totally. “We realize that it is a patriarchal culture that encourages women to seek empowerment and independence through sexual appeal in service to men.” i never understood how prostitution and strip clubs can actually help women when they are from a patriarchal society in which women could not do the same job as a man so she had to use her body. though i can turn a blind eye to porn, just barely, i think prostitution is the worst thing to happen to women since forever. its about a women making her body an object and not a living thing. many may disagree with me but that is how i feel. there is a difference between being a sex object and being a sexual being.

]]> By: Diana http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sex-is-power-is-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Diana Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:12:21 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1003#comment-1178 I love your posts, but this one missed the mark for me. Yes, I agree that the sexualization of VERY young girls is frightening to say the least, and nowhere near the feminist imagining of empowerment for women. However, as per the wording of your article NOT relating specifically to underage females, I think dismissing any "sexual" behavior outright as pandering to the male gaze is just as limiting. Embracing sexuality CAN be empowering. While it is sad to see it exploited, I think it is important to note the courage it takes and freedom it affords to be what is called a "slut" and not let labels stand in your way. I love your posts, but this one missed the mark for me. Yes, I agree that the sexualization of VERY young girls is frightening to say the least, and nowhere near the feminist imagining of empowerment for women. However, as per the wording of your article NOT relating specifically to underage females, I think dismissing any “sexual” behavior outright as pandering to the male gaze is just as limiting. Embracing sexuality CAN be empowering. While it is sad to see it exploited, I think it is important to note the courage it takes and freedom it affords to be what is called a “slut” and not let labels stand in your way.

]]> By: Julie Z http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sex-is-power-is-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Julie Z Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:46:28 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1003#comment-543 @ellecarter point taken. I really don't mean to make fun of her and maybe that is her natural weight, but I think that it is possible, especially considering other ways she has clearly demonstrated that she has been effected by pop-culture, that her weight is self-inflicted. Of course, I don't know her. To assume that is wrong. I've removed the comments - thanks for pointing this out. @ellecarter
point taken. I really don’t mean to make fun of her and maybe that is her natural weight, but I think that it is possible, especially considering other ways she has clearly demonstrated that she has been effected by pop-culture, that her weight is self-inflicted. Of course, I don’t know her. To assume that is wrong.
I’ve removed the comments – thanks for pointing this out.

]]> By: ellecarter http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sex-is-power-is-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-542 ellecarter Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:49:16 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1003#comment-542 I understand what you're saying but picking on her weight is rude! Making comments about a fifteen year old girls weight is just wrong. As someone who averages 98lbs naturally at 5'6 I find it offensive to make that low blow about weight especially since she is only 15 and it's really common for tall girls to be that thin at that age!!!!! If you want to make a valid argument and be taken seriously you shouldn't bring body image into this sort of thing. I understand what you’re saying but picking on her weight is rude! Making comments about a fifteen year old girls weight is just wrong. As someone who averages 98lbs naturally at 5’6 I find it offensive to make that low blow about weight especially since she is only 15 and it’s really common for tall girls to be that thin at that age!!!!!

If you want to make a valid argument and be taken seriously you shouldn’t bring body image into this sort of thing.

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