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"In the end, Strickland tells us "that when real female sexual empowerment comes along, it will look quite different." My question is, that since she still thinks women's sexuality is Playboy magazine, how the fuck will *she* know?

Someone please tell Eliza Strickland that women who like sex are not *whores*.

And as for whores, some of them them really like thier jobs -- a favorite comment is from a friend who told me that she went into escorting 'because there's nothing more humiliaitng that waitressing'."

And From Ms. Naughty herself

"Take for example this comment by Pamela Paul, author of Pornified:

“I think it’s a very twisted way of looking at women’s liberation to assume that every step towards aping men is a step forward,” Paul says. “I think women are kidding themselves. They talk about owning something, empowering yourself. You can talk about all of that, but if I go out and eat 20,000 Big Macs, am I owning McDonald’s? Am I empowering my body by co-opting it myself? It doesn’t make any sense.”

Erm, Pamela… has it ever occurred to you that women might be doing something off their own bat? That they may not necessarily be “aping men” - or if they are, it’s done in a very self-aware, possibly ironic way? Again, we see this awfully condescending attitude, this “academic feminist knows best” platform.

And I’m kind of disturbed by this statement from author Rebecca Whisnant:

“Feminism is not necessarily about doing what’s good for you — hopefully it will be good for you. But it’s about considering the implications of your choices and everybody’s choices for women in general.”

Wow, I can’t wait until the anti-abortionists get hold of that one.

So… feminism is all about choice - unless its a choice that conservative feminists don’t consider to be truly feminist.

What next? All feminists are equal, unless of course you don’t really know your own mind, are “aping men” and aren’t following the official script as to what constitutes correct female sexuality."

And Emily from CAKE

"SF journalist Eliza Strickland failed to see how CAKE events go beyond the old model of male objectification. She asks how the Hot Stuff event differs from a Playboy lingerie party, which leads me to wonder if she has ever attended one herself. Hot Stuff featured SF women interested in sexual evolution and community, a group of men and women of diverse backgrounds and body-types interested in exploring exhibitionism on their own terms, projected visual imagery to spark fantasies, a female domination performance, and an informal readings of the CAKE book that challenges myths about women and sex based on women’s own experiences. I am tired of this current and evolving exploration getting reduced to an exploitative retro fad."

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