Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Victim Blaming, Virginity, Condom
15 Dec 2016
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Buzzwords: raunch culture, striptease culture, porni ed, mainstreaming of sex A preoccupation with sexual values, practices and changing norms. The proliferation of sexual text in pop culture. The emergence of new forms of sexual experience. Shift from relational to recreational model of sexual behaviour. Google image sexualization of women > making something sexual that isn"t necessarily sexual (elmers glue) Exaggerated femininity ( living dolls ) seen as aspirational. Eery link between real young girls and dolls this can kind of occur because little girls will see dolls as aspirational : an exaggerated feministy that are held up to an ideal and what we can achieve. The marketing strategy really blur the lines between the doll and real world: merging of the life via, barbie shirts, barbie backpacks etc. As adult women we can still have that internalized notion of femininity today. Female perfection more and more de ned by sexual allure: ordinary girls" primary passport to success glamour modelling.
