by Furry Girl

03.21.11

"This whole tradition – the idea that women need be preserved in glass so as not to 'ruin' themselves, lest they diminish their sexual value by 'giving it away' –restricts the lived autonomy of women in ways I can't even begin to articulate.  None of the slut-shaming makes sense unless you assume women live to give themselves to men in their purest possible form."

-- Kerry Howley, in Thoughts on Thoughts on Spitzer on reason.com





1 Comment »

  1. I had two realizations lately.

    First, "protecting" someone else inherently implies assuming power over them.

    Second, I'm finding it's actually more remarkable when that fact turns out NOT to be the whole point.

    Comment by Azkyroth — March 21, 2011 @ 10:43 pm

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