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redqueen

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7. How is that a flipside?
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 11:05 AM
Jan 2012

The idea that women are the sex class means it doesn't matter *what* you wear, that is how most people will view you.

We need to stop focusing so much on what women wear and focus more on whether or not they've internalized the idea that it is their appearance and sexuality that are the most important things about them. Another thing that will help is communicating the message that this behavior (objectifying women, othering them, etc.) is unacceptable.

First we have to find some way to summarize the concept of objectification, because way too many people just do not get it. It's true that there are various definitions, and the problematic manifestation of it isn't an easy concept to communicate, so that really should be a primary focus.

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