tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261582100339068903.post3608173161305751781..comments2023-09-28T08:07:15.924-07:00Comments on The Inquiring Mom: She just doesn’t get itUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261582100339068903.post-72693333669228371682011-08-05T03:06:54.288-07:002011-08-05T03:06:54.288-07:00It certainly took long enough! Another hard-hittin...It certainly took long enough! Another hard-hitting response (maybe a little softer than the letter to Amy Chua) that touches a lot of major points.<br /><br />As a younger person, it's difficult for me to speak about cultures of previous generations with total confidence. I think it's obvious that women who grew up in the 50-60s, 70-80s and 90-00s were presented radically different ideas of how to control their sexual urges. <br /><br />Erica Jong probably laid in her bed at night (alone) and re-read de Beauvoir over and over. Though she imagined a world of sexual freedom and the liberation of women, she secretly wanted a stable, traditional lifestyle. She condemns this lifestyle even more now that she discovered she is incapable of sustaining it. It probably did not take long for her to find out men aren't typically thrilled with women who speak so openly about sexual freedom. I'm not sure I near to even defend this point. <br /><br />The 70 and 80s are a bit confusing to me. Behind the blow, there was a slow conversion between what is acceptable for women to do -- and what is forbidden. Now, the radical change in women's behavior (and mens), happened in the late 1980s. When AIDS became a serious issue, it revolutionized sexual education -- and definitely helped deflate superfluous sexual activity (at least among the middle/upper-classes). <br /><br />While promiscuous activity may be down from what it once was, I assure you, Erica Jong, no one dresses more scandalously than the women of my generation (women who grew up in the 1990s, 2000s). The media has played a part in doing this, but I think it is largely compensating for their lack of activity. <br /><br />I'm neither old enough, nor wise enough, to draw any significant conclusions about sex. Feminists will be feminists, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But it is strange how we can easily tell which women have chips on their shoulders; it is almost as if we know they desperately want a normal life, but they simply are either too ugly (definitely feel like a jerk saying that) or flat out too annoying to ever obtain it.DONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753918758622807823noreply@blogger.com