NEIL THOMPSON -- "Exploitation" is to women's issues what "sustainable" is the environmental movement - it has become so broadly used it has lost its "true" meaning
On Sunday May19th, CFJC Today ran an op / ed piece from Katie Neustaeter entitled, “ Bikinis, bistros and the business of exploiting women ”. Below is a snapshot of that commentary: One of the great challenges of raising a daughter is teaching her how to clothe her body ... to respect her individuality and empower her own sense of style without allowing current fashion and the pressures of an over sexualized culture to dictate her choices. Debates ... continue all the time as we try to teach young women that their worth is more than skin deep and that their bodies are the visible, physical representations of their personal standards ... Unfortunately, the wider world, which does not care one iota about their future, individuality or decency, is constantly giving girls mixed messages about what’s acceptable, expected and attractive — not to mention all the conflicting ideas about what kind of attention she should be seeking ... ... girls, don’t let anyone sell you ...