A while ago, I heard a good analogy that took on that old bullshit mentality that a woman who dresses provacatively is herself to blame if she is assaulted or raped. Because, hey, she's the one who decided to show off her body; men are mindless animals who can't help it if a woman turns them on. If she wanted men not to notice her, she should have covered her slutty ass up. *bitter sarcasm*
Anyway, the analogy went something like this, from a female POV: "Yes, I am dressed up in a way that shows off my body. I am advertising that I am looking for sexual attention. But like all advertising, there's a catch. If I ran a company and put up an ad that said I was looking for a manager, I wouldn't just let any fool off the street walk into my building and take the job. I'd have prerequisites and criteria that would have to be met if someone wishes to get hired. It's no different when I'm out at a party or a club or a bar. I'm advertising, but I get make the call on who gets the job."
Skimpy clothes =/= open invitation, fuckheads. Women want to attract men to them as much as men want to attract women to them, let us do it at our own discretion. But it just so happens that in our patriarchal society, the easiest way for us women to attract a man is to show off our bodies. What if men were expected to do the same? Let them feel the pressure to be lithe, chisled, muscular objects that we can leer at. Equal opportunity ogling! ;)
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