Man oh man…… I don’t even know where to start with this one.
I don’t know which one of these ladies I wish would disappear more, the “Love Lawyer” who exposes her boobs to attract clients, the legal analyst who wonders if the sexual harassment was really unwelcome, or the host of this segment who is an idiot. All of them are a detriment to society and to the collective self-image of women on this planet.
Caitlin and I—along with friend and Femmedia ally Aria—recently went to a lecture by Jessica Valenti (creator/editor of Feministing), where Valenti talked about the fact that women’s sexuality should be just as acceptable as men’s, and that we should not allow society to be so fearful of overt feminine sexuality. But, somehow, I don’t think this is what she meant. Here is this woman who has probably had to work very hard to be as succesful as she is, especially in a male-dominated field, she’s a partner in her firm, and yet she uses this position of power to send a message to women and girls all over the country that it is ok to exploit yourself in order to make money.
Then we have this lawyer, Mercedes Col-something, who goes on to national television to defend both a company who’s mission is to exploit women’s bodies for men’s pleasure, and a man who potentially harassed someone. And what is Mercedes’s defense? Oh, just the oldest, most cliched, most ugly excuse to ever come out of these lawsuits…that maybe Fetman was asking for it…that, infact, maybe she welcomed it.
Any thought on this one? Cause I can’t figure this shit out anymore….
P.S. I like how they talk about the Playboy HR department here. Man, what would it be like to be the HR Director for Playboy?????
