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From: rebecca@athena.mit.edu (Rebecca D Kaplan)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: female human aesthetics
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Date: 16 Nov 90 02:37:41 GMT
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I agree with sean, that the basic problem isn't necessaerily in the
content of 'how women should look to get a man', but the problem is
that there even is such a thing as how women should look to get a man,
and that women's existence is only validated by association with men,

someone, i forget who, said
| The fact is that even in a female-only env. (army, jail) most
| women still try to look as beautiful as possible...

Umh, how can i put this tactfully, umh, BULLSHIT.  I don't know who
posted this, but i doubt that they have ever been in a women-only
space.  I spent a summer living on army bases, even where it was coed,
there was very little effort put into appearance, simply because it
was impractical to impossible.  Have you heard of michigan womyn's
music festival?  It's a gathering of 7,000 womyn for 5 days.  And at
it, almost no one wears makeup, there are no mirrors.  This, itself is
an amazing psychic experience, spending a week in an environment with
NO mirrors.  Totally can alter one's perspective on aesthetics.

peace, love and tofu
rebecca