Lady Gaga recently did a Lady Godiva when she was performing at a gay club. I am not sure what was the point of this act of exhibitionism (Lady Godiva at least did it for a noble cause), but it seems to be the rage amongst women entertainers to be as outrageous and bizarre as possible for the sake of fortune or fame presumably, for it can never be termed art, or have any merit other than that of poor taste.
What has happened to allowing the gifts we have to speak for themselves? In the case of singers, the voice and the music. But no, in order to entertain, an aggressive display of the scantily clad body moving in overtly sexual ways seems to be de rigueur.
While I do not have children to protect from these dehumanizing acts that objectify the body so demeaningly, I feel saddened, as a woman, that all these decades of fighting for women's rights has come to this:
Emancipated women who willingly choose to debase their bodies and be treated as sexual objects, displaying their beautiful assets like meat in a market. They willingly choose to subjugate themselves to male domination by agreeing to be judged on and desired for their physical assets.
In the name of external beauty, they undergo aesthetic surgery to enhance and preserve physical beauty to frightening extremes. What is wrong with one's God-given features? Why is looking one's age so abhorred? Are not inner beauty, character, substance and goodness more valuable, influential and permanent?
We women are so much more than the sum of our body parts. We have so much more to offer the world: our brains, our feminine grace and our inner beauty. We can change the world just be using our wits and our talents. And we can do it without resorting to prostituting ourselves or undermining our own dignity.
I would urge every woman reading this to evaluate how you value your own dignity as woman and to reclaim it if you think looking sexy in order to snag a man is a good idea. Work on developing your God-given assets, your self-esteem, and growing in virtue. Challenge yourself to being a woman who would be a good role model for younger men and women, boys and girls
I would encourage every man reading this to value and affirm the women in your life, be it mother, aunt, sister, girlfriend, wife, daughter or friend, for who they are. Respect and love them as fellow human beings, just as you would want to be respected. Do not lust after women or use them for your own gratification, treat every woman as your beloved sister or mother.
Likewise, women, sexual liberation does not mean twerking your bottom shamelessly into a man's crotch, but it does mean standing up (clothed decently) for your right to be admired and respected for everything that you are. Demand to be loved for the beautiful inner you, not only for your pretty face.
Teach men to go gaga over the real you - body, soul and spirit - stripped of all pretence and artifice, clothed with decorum in your dignity.
What has happened to allowing the gifts we have to speak for themselves? In the case of singers, the voice and the music. But no, in order to entertain, an aggressive display of the scantily clad body moving in overtly sexual ways seems to be de rigueur.
While I do not have children to protect from these dehumanizing acts that objectify the body so demeaningly, I feel saddened, as a woman, that all these decades of fighting for women's rights has come to this:
Emancipated women who willingly choose to debase their bodies and be treated as sexual objects, displaying their beautiful assets like meat in a market. They willingly choose to subjugate themselves to male domination by agreeing to be judged on and desired for their physical assets.
In the name of external beauty, they undergo aesthetic surgery to enhance and preserve physical beauty to frightening extremes. What is wrong with one's God-given features? Why is looking one's age so abhorred? Are not inner beauty, character, substance and goodness more valuable, influential and permanent?
We women are so much more than the sum of our body parts. We have so much more to offer the world: our brains, our feminine grace and our inner beauty. We can change the world just be using our wits and our talents. And we can do it without resorting to prostituting ourselves or undermining our own dignity.
I would urge every woman reading this to evaluate how you value your own dignity as woman and to reclaim it if you think looking sexy in order to snag a man is a good idea. Work on developing your God-given assets, your self-esteem, and growing in virtue. Challenge yourself to being a woman who would be a good role model for younger men and women, boys and girls
I would encourage every man reading this to value and affirm the women in your life, be it mother, aunt, sister, girlfriend, wife, daughter or friend, for who they are. Respect and love them as fellow human beings, just as you would want to be respected. Do not lust after women or use them for your own gratification, treat every woman as your beloved sister or mother.
Likewise, women, sexual liberation does not mean twerking your bottom shamelessly into a man's crotch, but it does mean standing up (clothed decently) for your right to be admired and respected for everything that you are. Demand to be loved for the beautiful inner you, not only for your pretty face.
Teach men to go gaga over the real you - body, soul and spirit - stripped of all pretence and artifice, clothed with decorum in your dignity.
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