Sex and Society

With the new season of Flava of Love now airing, I began to wonder just how many women out there are willing to make fools of themselves just to be in the spotlight? This is the third season of women willing to kiss and even have sex with Flava Flav just to be on T.V.; because we all know none of them are really looking to date let alone marry him. It seems the more mature women rebel against the stereotypes and misogynistic displays by society, the more women with self-esteem and/or self-confidence issues fight to generate and display these same stereotypes. These women go on T.V. and ridicule and fight and act sluttish all for our entertainment with no thought to the images they are portraying. Some of them have children at home watching them make fools of themselves and believing that it's okay to be that way. Are they lacking love? What is it that makes them want to debase themselves? I hate seeing our children learn this behavior from these women. It's so pervasive in our society, that it's virtually impossible to shield them. It's the type of behavior displayed on shows like this and videos that teach young girls that its okay to be overly sexual and teach young boys that it's okay to disrespect women and have more than one woman at at time.

Yes sex sells, buy it also harms. If we as women spent more time uplifting our gender and encouraging inner beauty, men would not have the power they wield over us currently. They would give us more respect if we respect ourselves and refuse to be disrespected. Our image is society is so tainted and widespread, they some of us have come to believe in its truth. It is time for women to take hold of their power and show the world that we are the backbone, that we are teh future and serve a major purpose and that without us, men would be nothing.