--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, it does not appear you are following me. Male dominance and > > control are key elements in the worldwide exploitation of women.
Absolutely -- but we're not talking about the sex slave trade or sheiks and harems or any kind of sexual assault which are completely different in terms of the power dynamics. Back when I was in DC, corporate clients would occasionally want to go to a strip club. My impression is that the women were clearly the ones in control both superficially and in terms of subtle energy. One stripper I talked to during her break was at georgetown law school and another was a grad student at george washington. They were very liberated intelligent women who were making 5 times the money they could at typical student jobs. They said they enjoyed the dancing and sensuality of their job which was seen as temporary. > Another way to look at the same thing: How many strip > clubs for women featuring male strippers are there > compared with strip clubs for men featuring female > strippers? This is a function of the differences in male and female sexuality. Tons of studies showing men are turned on primarily by the sense of site (nudity) whereas females have a more complex sexual response mechanism involving all the physical senses plus emotional and social cues. > And to go back to an earlier topic, why was the Cosmo > nude centerfold of Burt Reynolds such a sensation when > it was first published? Why was he vilified for it in > many quarters? > We've come a long way, baby, since then, but not far > enough. There are a growing number of feminist writers like paglia and others who are much more accepting of female sexuality in all its forms than the early more puritanical feminists. I think there's a lot of unhealthy puritanism in the eastern spiritual trip as well. In short I'm all for fighting the sexual exploitation of women but don't want to support the sexual neutrality, the lack of sexual polarity and shakti that you tend to see many spiritual circles. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
