Thursday, October 15, 2015

"Y'all, Women Can Walk Out the House Half-Naked If We Want"

"Isn’t the sexist assumption that flesh equals ‘trashy’ over yet? Take a moment to consider what the implication of that mode of thinking is. It basically says that a woman’s body is in and of itself a ‘bad’ thing. That it is meant to be covered, that it is not ‘suitable’ for others’ eyes, lest they be tainted by the danger a woman’s body holds. It is infuriating to see the same ideas trotted out over and over again: a ‘real woman’ should never do this, a ‘real woman’ should never do that. In the words of Janelle Monae, "get off my areola" and leave our bodies be. 

You may think that this denigration of flesh is just a question of ‘classiness’ and is common sense. Ask yourself: Why do you think that? Why do you believe that wearing revealing clothing makes a woman ‘less classy’? Why you so mad that women do what they want? Why do you see a flash of flesh and think ‘slutty’? Surely something is wrong with you and not the scantily clad woman if you immediately see a hint of thigh and think, “This woman clearly has lots of sex and that is despicable. How dare she?”...
Fuck respectability. The world doesn’t respect women no matter what we do, so we may as well strut around in the nude."
http://www.forharriet.com/2015/05/yall-women-can-walk-out-house-half.html?m=1#axzz3a1zE6vDQ

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