Last night in the shower I was thinking about stuff and ending up mixing math with feminism. Like, there's an equation that links power, respect and femininity together. Seriously...
Respect directed towards a woman = (Amount of socialized femininity she practices) - (Power she possess due to other privileges i.e. race, education, class, etc.)
This means that the more power a woman has due to various reasons factors, the more she is encouraged to embraced the traditional trappings of femininity: high heels, perfectly coiffed hair, manicured nails, and
an eating disorder a slim, bikini-worthy figure. This is why, in my mind, Hilary Clinton gets so much flack. She doesn't dress in a typically feminine manner, but she is a powerful woman, and it irks everyone to high hell. It's almost as if with a woman with a good deal of power, her potential must be negated by practices that serve to remind her that she is a woman above all, not just a person.
(Yes, yes, I realize there's a crapload of faulty logic here. :P)
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