A recent grad from Sacramento State University has come up with an interesting way of earning money to pay for her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Her undergrad was in Women's Studies which makes a lot of sense given her attitude towards her...unusual choice of income.
Great quote from the movie: "As long as she's doing it for herself and to pay for school, I think it's a noble thing". Ya know what we call people like that? Prostitutes, that's what.
It figures that feminists would think that prostituting yourself to the highest bidder is "empowerment". It seems that whatever is degrading and dishonoring about women is now "empowerment" and "liberating". N.O.W. makes porno flicks to "celebrate women", prostitutes are now "noble", and people who still have their heads on straight wonder just what the hell feminism is anymore. How can porn and prostitution be possibly benefit women? Do feminists think that making women objects of desire is going to create justice and equality? True justice will never be effected with such base methods.
Tolstoy had it right when he said that the basis for women's subjection was "that men do, and think it good to regard her as objects of enjoyment. If we continue to regard her as such and teach her the same, no amount of women in the courts or offices will ever change her from an inferior being".
Before I end my little rant, it's interesting to note that Ms. "Dylan" wishes to pursue a Marriage and Family therapy career. I don't know about you, but I'm sure as hell not going to see a prostitute to help me out with marriage. Forget that, and forget feminism.
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Historically, feminism is described as
"the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men."
Yet regardless of belief or disposition, many women often describe themselves as feminists.
There is a camp of feminism which argues that women can/should/may enjoy pornography and work in the sex trade as part of their sexuality.
This is the "sex positive" feminism the woman in the youtube vid was referring to. It is not shared by such feminists as Andrea Dworkin, for example.
Most women do not choose to work in the sex trade in lieu of better options; I doubt you'll find very many "it was either prostitution or med school" examples. The majority of prostitutes around the world are trafficked. This is slavery.
There is a small contingent of women who freely choose to work in the sex industry, but this, is, again, the best option they have. A woman who doesn't make it to or out of college may discover she could either work 80 hours a week waitressing to barely scrape by, or strip from 9-2 am 4 days a week and live comfortably, or work as an escort on her own time and live very well.
In many places, a woman's body is the only thing of value she has. When I was in Haiti, women who saw me would approach my friend to ask about where the white man was; they assumed that they could get money in exchange in sex: "I am poor, I support three children, I cannot find a job, surely he will understand". They didn't want to be prostitutes, they wanted to eat.
As the College Graduate so astutely pointed out, "we live in a capitalist society, I just want to capitalize on this". If you're going to use money to assign value to intangibles, don't balk when people do this with sex.
The laws of supply and demand dictate that there will be prostitutes as long as there are johns.
Some philosophers argue that marriage itself promotes prostitution; I recommend you check out what Simone de Beauvoir has to say about it in The Second Sex.
Prostitution qua prostitution is not slavery. It is practiced as such around the globe, but it must be recognized as slave-prostitution, and not prostitution simply.
I think I will read Second Sex, maybe over the summer.
I am of the opinion that prostitution, pornography, and such acts that use women's sexuality as a means of profit are degrading to women and should be avoided; that it why I balk so strongly at feminazis that promote as "empowerment".
I think she watched the movie American Virgin and decided to cash in on the idea.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143422/
My point is that women are driven to the sex trade through a confluence of factors that reflect how valued they are within society. What is wrong with a society where waitresses make minimum wage while porn stars and other glamorized prostitutes make much, much more?
Look at how many bids that girl is getting. Do you think she would be as successful if she were doing volunteer research on AIDS to get funding?
My Government professor noted the other day in class, that the real obstacle in feminism is in fact, other woman. I'm pretty sure as long as woman are able to use their feminine charm for profit, they will. As long as there is a want, someone will satisfy it. I still argue that everyone, no matter if they're rich or poor has choices on how to live their lives. Just because sex for coin might seem like an easy solution, doesn't mean you have to take it. Granted I'm talking about American's. I'm sorry, but if I have to work hard at life daily, than I don't wanna hear complaints from strippers who gave "up working hard" to sell themselves so they can enjoy the finer things in life. Each of us is entitled to the pursuit of happiness. How you get there, and how you define happiness is up to you.
("The Pursuit of Happiness" (movie/Will Smith) is a great example of overcoming opposition-granted it doesn't deal with prostitution. But the principles are the same.)
You want something, go get it. Period.
Name this quote:
"I will do the washing-up. I will sweep the floor. I will buy the eggs and rum cakes myself. I will not touch your hair, your cheeks, your shoulders without permission."
-- Simone de Beauvoir to her American lover, Nelson Algren.
I'm not at all sure why the issue of cash-strapped wannabe grad student is such a big deal....if she were posing for Hustler or Playboy, wouldn't that be the same thing? I suppose the difference is how personally critical she's being. Good luck to her, but I don't think she'll get as much money as she's hoping for.
Elena, you're right about human trafficking: I've read about and seen it in the Balkans. In Germany though, it's legal, and most of the girls are there voluntarily. Germany also has a huge welfare system, so again, I don't think that most of the prostitutes are forced to be there. Life is hard sometimes. The women that choose the sex life are taking the easy road. I don't really blame them. I don't think society should roll out the red carpet for them either. It wouldn't (and doesn't) for men.
Part of this chick's motivation, I'm sure, is a desire to get what she wants, and get it fast. If she really wants to whore around for school money, she should join the military: it pays for grad school.
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