Re: Questionable Sign for Wax On Salon?

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JoB
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JustAGuy

i don’t see it as “just” a grooming choice

regardless of how young people now see this choice..

i got a too close for comfort look at how it was originally promoted

you know.. before Deep Throat made pornography socially acceptable

so yes.. it offends me

and yes i am that old ;)

on thanksgiving break my husband rented the movie Lovelace because we had already plumbed the depths of the Tillamook Redbox and he had heard it was interesting.

it was a much better movie than i expected…

and it did a good job of highlighting the abuse of workers within the pornography industry

but behind that story was the story of the abuse of ordinary women and girls in ordinary homes…

Linda’s life only became the exception when her husband decided to market her to the porn industry

and only became an example when a mafia boss who was already ticked off at her husband for cheating him financially decided to make an example of him.. ending her short career.

There are differences between then and now..

but one of the less positive is that the kind of exploitation of women that was considered pornographic then is too often the societal norm today.

that offends me

not because i am a prude

but because i remember all too clearly how that exploitation affected women i knew

sadly.. i see too often how it still affects women

the underlying message on that sign is that if you want to be sexually attractive to men you should shave your pubes…

i am offended that we think that kind of message .. made eye catching in it’s cuteness… is appropriate to pass along to our kids.

what you do in private is private..

but what you do in public really does impact others