It’s really sad that women are judged on their attractiveness, which is one of the topics I write about fairly often. I hope you don’t feel too much self-loathing, although I’m just as guilty of looking at myself with disgust rather than acceptance. It’s a pretty pervasive problem and I hope that we can all begin to treat our bodies with more respect. Unfortunately, Girls Gone Wild is just a microcosm of a society that values women merely as sexual objects.

It’s hard enough to see women around me that I will never be able to match as far as physical attractiveness goes (perhaps with a LOT of surgery, and even still, it’s not bloody likely) on top of my own diametrically opposed viewpoints on gender roles. Then I see things like this, and all I can feel is more self-loathing. Gods know that I’ve made some ridiculous decisions as far as expressing my sexuality is concerned (and there are a few I do regret…) but I can at least admit I made those decisions on my own.

But, in the end, what empathy I might feel for these girls tends to go by the wayside when I see how much they jeopardise their own safety and reputation. If that’s their choice, fine, and I stand by a person’s right to make a total ass of themselves if they choose. But it doesn’t mean I have to like it in the slightest. To make it particularly aggravating is the ‘gay for pay’ scenes they love to feature in this movie. All this reinforces is the stereotype that the word lesbian can apparently mean ‘I’m just waiting for someone with a big dick to come along’, and any gay girl out there that’s been hit on by a not-so-classy man will be able to back that up. It’s happened to me far more times than I’d like to admit. Of course, I have the added advantage of being able to say I have a cock of my own…they tend to roll out after that!

SLUT and Introducing the Evil Slut Clique

-Harlequin