I agree with your concern but have reservations with your characterization and solutions. Life doesn’t have to be either/or; Madonna/Whore.
Good girls or girls who promote positive moral and family values can also be robustly sexual. Your dichotomy is one we inherited from thousands of years of sexual control necessary because of the need for different forms of social order. Today, we have other resources for obtaining control without deferring to old sexual fears. But good observation though, and we DO need to restart the debate. So thx. P
Why do you care what other women do with their lives in the first place? Go ahead and spew your 1950s “classic” (read: misogynistic and outdated) views into the Twittersphere but leave the choices of other women out of it. Isn’t conservatism about letting people live their lives as they choose anyways?
I am so sad! I have a work event and will miss Book Club! I will 100% be there in spirit. As for Nancy and Madonna, I think its a false equivalence. The only thing they have in common is their age at the time of the photo. You would have to compare Madonna to an artist closer to her age and at the present time. It would make more sense to compare Mrs. Reagan to another First Lady or a woman of similar stature in the mid-1980s when the photo was taken. Perhaps Mrs. Bush or Mrs. Carter? These two as they stand are apples and oranges.
I agree with your concern but have reservations with your characterization and solutions. Life doesn’t have to be either/or; Madonna/Whore.
Good girls or girls who promote positive moral and family values can also be robustly sexual. Your dichotomy is one we inherited from thousands of years of sexual control necessary because of the need for different forms of social order. Today, we have other resources for obtaining control without deferring to old sexual fears. But good observation though, and we DO need to restart the debate. So thx. P
Why do you care what other women do with their lives in the first place? Go ahead and spew your 1950s “classic” (read: misogynistic and outdated) views into the Twittersphere but leave the choices of other women out of it. Isn’t conservatism about letting people live their lives as they choose anyways?
What time zone is the survey for?
EST!
I am so sad! I have a work event and will miss Book Club! I will 100% be there in spirit. As for Nancy and Madonna, I think its a false equivalence. The only thing they have in common is their age at the time of the photo. You would have to compare Madonna to an artist closer to her age and at the present time. It would make more sense to compare Mrs. Reagan to another First Lady or a woman of similar stature in the mid-1980s when the photo was taken. Perhaps Mrs. Bush or Mrs. Carter? These two as they stand are apples and oranges.