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Author: cathstuart

May 9th 2011 at 7:19:45 PM

I'm not disputing anything anymore. The article is a lot better written, and I think I get where you're coming from. If you think it's a useful trope to highlight, go ahead. I originally thought the article was completely ahistorical, given the centuries of reinforcement of the idea, since at least Ancient Greek times, that 'men are active, women are passive'. It just seemed like we were getting a whole bunch of 'men are from mars, women are from venus' type articles, which I didn't perceive as very helpful or progressive. In fact, it seemed like conservative reinforcing of prejudice and stereotypes. If you keep searching for this stuff, you're going to keep finding it (and you're going to keep reinforcing it).

But you just seem to be interested in highlighting it as a trope, so whatever. But that comment about "our modern ideas to sexuality"...I don't know whose modern ideas you're getting this from. I thought women were expected these days to be even more 'proactive, 'work harder' and 'have agency' with regard to sexuality - you can't even retire when you're over 40! You have to be a cougar or a milf! And as for what teenage girls are expected to do these days... I just think that sexuality comment in the article is way outdated and wrong, and not modern at all. Good luck.