Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero-c!nadel From: chris@psych.toronto.edu (Christine Hitchcock) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: does healthy, mutual erotica exist? Message-ID: <1991Apr26.211914.16329@psych.toronto.edu> Date: 26 Apr 91 21:19:14 GMT References: <1991Apr24.010420.18829@informix.com> Sender: news@aero.org Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Lines: 24 Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Status: R Originator: nadel@aerospace.aero.org In article <1991Apr24.010420.18829@informix.com> uunet!infmx!robert@ncar.ucar.EDU (robert coleman) writes: > > (Incidentally, a few years back Playboy tried to do a "Women >of the Silicon Valley" pictorial; my understanding is that they did >not get enough applicants, for whatever reason. Too bad; I guess the >stereotype still stands unchallenged.) > Why does this remind me of the Virginia Slims 'You've come a long way, baby' advertising campaign? You know: do this thing you might not feel like doing so you can prove how liberated you are. If people want to pose naked, it doesn't bother me. But I would hate to think that a woman would feel pressured to pose to fight a stereotype against her better judgement. Surely there are other ways for a stereotype to be challenged! -- Chris Hitchcock, Dept. of Psychology chris@psych.toronto.edu University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario UseNet: I only read it for the CANADA M5S 1A1 .signatures