I learned two things today that I didn't want to know: 1) There is a socially acceptable "look" for a women's genitals and 2) some women care about this enough to have surgery.
I was innocently watching a Hulu documentary called "America the Beautiful" when they cut to a women in a plastic surgeons office with a Penthouse magazine (a magazine where they apparently show women's genitals! I know, right!) and showed it to the doctor. She wanted her vagina to look like the one in the magazine. (45:27) Wow! Next scene, a women saying that the full frontals are often airbrushed, meaning some guy is making the genitals conform to a standard societal model of what women's genitals should look like. Yup, designer vagina!
This also makes me aware of something else I didn't want to know; there are women who are checking out their genitals enough to know what they look like compared with a Penthouse magazine model.
Is there any part of a women's body that has not been assigned a societal model of beauty - any part? Is there a standard of beauty for the back of the knee or the curve between women's fingers?
I really want to believe women are doing this to themselves and that no man ever cared if one labia was a different size or shape from the other one. Did any guy ever have an opportunity to check out a women's genitals then say, "Meh, no thanks, I really expected that to look better"?
Links - http://www.hulu.com/watch/198883/america-the-beautiful.
PS. - Check out the swell guys at (42:51) such caring young men. (sarc) I wonder if super cool, shallow guy knows he is going bald.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Why Mitt Romney's Focus on Jobs Won't Work
Mitt Romney introduced his campaign today with the focus on Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Not Steve Jobs, just regular jobs, as in employment. This is a mistake. Yes, it is the economy stupid, usually, but it won't work this election cycle.
First the people who are out of work are not Mitt's constituents. Joblessness is high among minorities, much higher than whites. Minorities are not going to abandon the first black, Democratic, President especially when that candidate is offering them candy. (Candy means more spending, more benefits.) The economy will start to recover by mid next year and whites will be back to work. Joblessness in minority communities tends to lag behind whites. (OK, I looked and couldn't find the research. Props to someone who sends me a link.) By the time we get to the election the independent vote will be happily back to work and not at all motivated to go out to vote for something they already have.
Second, Obama believes he has the solution to jobs: Investment (also called spending and more debt.) This is extremely easy for people to understand. Obama only has to say that he will "invest" money which will pay for jobs, jobs, jobs. Mitt will be caught explaining supply side economics to the American people who can barely balance their check book. This sets up a He said/She said argument which Mitt will lose. Obama's base doesn't want the Evil Rich to get money before they do. Mitt will be painted as someone trying to help his country club friends in the business community and not helping the poor.
Third, the Tea Party wants more Freedom and Democracy. That needs to be the message. This is the only thing that will motivate the independent vote in late 2012. They want less spending to get more freedom, less central planning (O-care) to get more freedom, less debt to get more freedom.
Mitt, bless his heart, is pounding the nail with the hammer he knows, but that won't win an election this time around.
First the people who are out of work are not Mitt's constituents. Joblessness is high among minorities, much higher than whites. Minorities are not going to abandon the first black, Democratic, President especially when that candidate is offering them candy. (Candy means more spending, more benefits.) The economy will start to recover by mid next year and whites will be back to work. Joblessness in minority communities tends to lag behind whites. (OK, I looked and couldn't find the research. Props to someone who sends me a link.) By the time we get to the election the independent vote will be happily back to work and not at all motivated to go out to vote for something they already have.
Second, Obama believes he has the solution to jobs: Investment (also called spending and more debt.) This is extremely easy for people to understand. Obama only has to say that he will "invest" money which will pay for jobs, jobs, jobs. Mitt will be caught explaining supply side economics to the American people who can barely balance their check book. This sets up a He said/She said argument which Mitt will lose. Obama's base doesn't want the Evil Rich to get money before they do. Mitt will be painted as someone trying to help his country club friends in the business community and not helping the poor.
Third, the Tea Party wants more Freedom and Democracy. That needs to be the message. This is the only thing that will motivate the independent vote in late 2012. They want less spending to get more freedom, less central planning (O-care) to get more freedom, less debt to get more freedom.
Mitt, bless his heart, is pounding the nail with the hammer he knows, but that won't win an election this time around.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Yes, Bill Maher the T Word is Mysogynistic
Bill Maher used t**t (a vulgar word for the vagina) to describe Sarah Palin. NOW (National Organization for Women) decried it, he didn't apologize for it, most center and left wing news organizations and pundits stayed away from the issue.
The defense of Bill Maher is that he is a comedian and he could have used *sshole or any other word to describe a stupid person and his use of the word was not a attack based on her gender.
Yes, I think that is the point, exactly. He could have used any word, but he chose that one. Reducing a wife, mother, former-governor and christian conservative to the female body part. T**t eliminates her intellect and any other qualities that she has as an individual and reduces her to a friction tube.
I wonder how much time he spent deciding on that word. I would guess, none at all. This is how he thinks about conservative women, and perhaps all women. It is reflective of his deep contempt of conservative women to call them the most vulgar term you can call a women.
P.S.- Protip: Never, ever, ever call a women that word.
The defense of Bill Maher is that he is a comedian and he could have used *sshole or any other word to describe a stupid person and his use of the word was not a attack based on her gender.
Yes, I think that is the point, exactly. He could have used any word, but he chose that one. Reducing a wife, mother, former-governor and christian conservative to the female body part. T**t eliminates her intellect and any other qualities that she has as an individual and reduces her to a friction tube.
I wonder how much time he spent deciding on that word. I would guess, none at all. This is how he thinks about conservative women, and perhaps all women. It is reflective of his deep contempt of conservative women to call them the most vulgar term you can call a women.
P.S.- Protip: Never, ever, ever call a women that word.
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