Comments on: are feminists failing the youth? http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/ a work in progress Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: khalidmir http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-72 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:20:16 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-72 Brad, you must read this (not connected, but a great read nevertheless): http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19376 Brad, you must read this (not connected, but a great read nevertheless):

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19376

]]> by: khalidmir http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-71 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:10:49 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-71 Brad, I don't even know what a "nipple slip "..please don't explain it to me either! I don't disagree with you and i think one has to be acutely aware of the way in which capitalism restructures desires and expectations (to use a phrase from one of my favourite writers, E.P.Thompson); it's just that I come from a culture that can sometimes be a bit obsessed about women's clothes and so-called "purity". but you have raised an interesting point about freedom and whether the lack of constraints is the only type of freedom..as Brando says in Apocalypse Now: "have you ever considered any real freedoms?" If you get the chance, do read a brilliant small article by Jonathan jones at the guardian , called 'wild ones'. Brad, I don’t even know what a “nipple slip “..please don’t explain it to me either! I don’t disagree with you and i think one has to be acutely aware of the way in which capitalism restructures desires and expectations (to use a phrase from one of my favourite writers, E.P.Thompson); it’s just that I come from a culture that can sometimes be a bit obsessed about women’s clothes and so-called “purity”. but you have raised an interesting point about freedom and whether the lack of constraints is the only type of freedom..as Brando says in Apocalypse Now: “have you ever considered any real freedoms?” If you get the chance, do read a brilliant small article by Jonathan jones at the guardian , called ‘wild ones’.

]]> by: brad richert http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-70 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:16:24 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-70 haha... Sometimes one needs to exaggerate a bit. Honestly though, I recently went to my old high school and I counted 5-6 "nipple slips" from Grade 10-12 girls in a period of under an hour. I walked down the street the other day next to a high school and their were girls there that looked more like Ronald McDonald than their former selves. I am not endorsing dress codes or a limit on freedom of expression. Rather, through education, I believe that when impressionable young men can respect women, impressionable young girls will stop buying into the toxic culture created by marketing. haha… Sometimes one needs to exaggerate a bit. Honestly though, I recently went to my old high school and I counted 5-6 “nipple slips” from Grade 10-12 girls in a period of under an hour. I walked down the street the other day next to a high school and their were girls there that looked more like Ronald McDonald than their former selves. I am not endorsing dress codes or a limit on freedom of expression. Rather, through education, I believe that when impressionable young men can respect women, impressionable young girls will stop buying into the toxic culture created by marketing.

]]> by: khalidmir http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-69 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:23:18 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/09/20/are-feminists-failing-the-youth/#comment-69 BRAD: "One only has to walk down the halls of a local high school, which at times can look more like brothels than centers of education" Brad, Holy Moley! I really enjoy your posts because you sound as if you are a very level-headed person. But that line makes you sound like a 'Talib' ! :) BRAD: “One only has to walk down the halls of a local high school, which at times can look more like brothels than centers of education”

Brad, Holy Moley!
I really enjoy your posts because you sound as if you are a very level-headed person. But that line makes you sound like a ‘Talib’ ! :)

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