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From: hua@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA (Ernest Hua)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: re: Madonna
Message-ID: <333@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 06:05:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 06:05:44 1985
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> From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone)
>
> My only experience with Madonna is her videos (which, in my humble opinion,
> stink).  I don't have a daughter, but if I did I don't think I would want
> her to have a "slut-like" role model.  It's not her "wierdness" (I love
> Cyndi Lauper) but it's the blatent sexuallity.  I thought the whole point
> of the "womens movement" was to get them off of their backs and into the
> board rooms?  Teaching young women to be "sex-kittens" isn't going to do
> that.

The ideal thrust of the women's movement is to eliminate the social
restrictions of a women in the traditional society.  (Of course, I
am not saying that it has turned out to be this way.  I am just saying
that the goal was supposed to be this.)  If I have a daughter, I would
not really care if she wanted to be a "sex-kitten".  Your usage of the
term seem to show some traditionalist views that you might hold; to the
effect of "if you hate just being allowed to do this, then do that, but
don't do the other".  Women, simply by their natural physiology, tend
to be physically weaker and less agile.  (For example, their center of
mass is lower.)  I might restrict my daughter's activities if her actual
physical abilities are not sufficient for whatever the activities call
for.  I cannot justify to myself restricting my daughter simply because
she is female.

Incidentally, Madonna's reputation largely rests upon her "sex-kitten"-style
image.  But, so do a lot of performers.  I really do not see how you can
single out Madonna for that.
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Live long and have sex-kittens!
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