[ SECRET POST #3187 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3187 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. http://i.imgur.com/HcehdSi.jpg
[linked for nudity, it's the blurred lines video]


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[New Tricks]


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12. [SPOILERS for Jurassic World]



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13. [WARNING for underage]



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14. [WARNING for suicide]















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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"The power of female sexuality".... If I never have to hear this shit again I could die happy.

And I don't give a shit about this video either way.

[diet_poison]

Could you elaborate? (I don't like Blurred Lines and don't agree with OP, just curious what you mean by that line.)

[(Anonymous)]

It's often used for less-than-stellar purposes, like justifying offensive shit or men's bad behaviour, and it's often used to derail conversations where a woman mentions she'd like to be known for anything other than being sexy. "Oh, you don't have to worry about your education or ambitions, you can just unleash the power of the cooch!" I'm just so tired of that being the only characteristic people trot out when the conversation is specifically about women... At this point I'd rather hear about the female power-of-removing-set-in-stains, or some other such stereotypical bullshit, at least it would be original...

[diet_poison]

That makes sense. And I pretty much agree.

[(Anonymous)]

This x100.

Well, I'm not sure if my reasons are the same as yours.
But, so often, the 'power of female sexuality' is used as a way to 1). excuse objectification 2). objectify women who have just hit puberty 3). excuse skeevy behavior from men 4). imply that a woman is actually in power in a relationship where she clearly isn't (mind - I do think that sexual power is a form of power in a relationship, but having a female character use sex to get what she wants does not magically balance the scales - see next point -) 5). imply that women are extremely powerful in places and time periods when they have/had no political power. What about the women who couldn't, wouldn't, or didn't want to use their sexualities to ~hypnotize men? In many cases, women not born into firm power had to or have to rely on the one power granted to them to exert political change that interested them. Power? Yes. Proof that women were social equals, not at all oppressed, as some would suggest b/c the power of female sexuality!1! etc etc? No. 6). reduce gender politics solely to sexual politics - the two are related but not inseparable 7). rely on heterosexism, cissexism, etc 8). leave male sexuality entirely in the role of the 'beholder' and 'enticed', denying that men have sexual agency and instead implying that women draw men into acting, men do not act on their own accord; 90% of the time denying men the role of the observed, the role of the enticer, denying men's beauty and once again placing women onto the pedestal of goddess while reiterating the idea, harmful to both men and women, that women are unattainable poetry and potions while men are brutes, driven and elated only if a beautiful woman catches their eye. 9). Oh, and a bunch of stuff about rape that I have no time to go into.

Not all of these numbered points are used at once when people talk about the power of female sexuality. Sometimes none of them are. But, yes, I am tired of it, because 85% several or all of them are.

Whew.

[raspberryrain]

I mostly agree with your points. The 'power of female sexuality' doesn't make up for powerlessness elsewhere, and we shouldn't act like it does.

I'm going to try to be charitable to people like OP, though, and not call them deluded because they like that small feeling of power.

[(Anonymous)]

bless you

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for writing this. Well put! All of these are painfully familiar (not related to the secret, just contexts where I've seen "the power of female sexuality" used elsewhere).