He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti

Author:Jessica Valenti [Valenti, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780786750498
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2009-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

But it’s also predictable—we hate/idolize women in much the same way that society does. It’s a misogyny thing. After all, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that one of the favorite pastimes of celebrity photographers is trying to get a “getting out of the car” nekkid-vagina shot. Look, they’re women, and they’re whores!

Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University in New York, was quoted in an article about celeb girls gone bad as saying, “We have had years of young male stars running amok. It is now so much more fun for the public to see beautiful young women being hauled off to jail.”2 That reminds me of a quote from Edgar Allan Poe, who said, “The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” And it really is true. The destruction of a young woman is the oldest, most popular story in the book. And now it’s being lived out in front of us day after day. Modern-day girl celebs are the traditional damsels in distress, but instead of trying to save them, we’re cheering for them to trip up.

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