Why the Super Bowl Failed Both Men and Women
Tonight my celebration of the Giant's victory was tainted... not just by the fact that I'm a Broncos fan but also by the commercials. Quite frankly I was angry. Angry at how women AND men were portrayed... and I think both sexes should be equally angry! I think women should be angry at some of those commercials. Angry that women were portrayed as little more than objects for sexual fantasies and having little value outside of physical appearance. I think women should be angry that, though the feminist movement was supposed to deliver greater equality with men, their value is still largely based on sexuality, particularly in the media. We're portrayed largely for attractiveness--not for what we can do or for who we are, but for what we look like. But I am more. My sexuality is only part of who I am... only part of who God has made e to be. But I think men should be personally offended by the same commercials. When women are reduced to sexual objects for the entertainme...