Discussion in Sexism: "Like I care..."
*WARNING: everything written here is based on MY opinion*
On Tuesday, Oct. 3rd, 2006 (which is yesterday), we had some discussions about sexism with Priska and Adinda as the moderator (taken from "Springboards for Discussing Sexism" UnderstandingPrejudice.org).
1. Are beauty contests such as the Miss America Pageant a form of pornography?
- Absolutely not!! Look, what is pornography anyway? I say it is a form where some girls or boys pose in erotic way without any clothing whatsoever. Meanwhile, the girls in Miss Universe -when they used their bikini- they did not perform any sort of erotic performances. They did that because -I think- to emphasize that their bodies are in good shape. Only some extremists or fanatics would say that this is a pornography. Take an example of the recent Indonesian finalist for Miss Universe (I forgot her name). When she went back to Jakarta, the extremist Muslim sects like FPI persecuted her because she wore a bikini and had it display internationally. They thought this kind of act as a form of pornography and therefore, brought shame to Indonesia (which is a Muslim country).
2. Do media images influences whether you see someone as sexually attractive? If so, how do you feel about corporations having this influence on you?
- Personally, I don't really care about this issue. ABout different numbers in corporation, I thought it is also possible that there aren't many applicants based on a gender. Ex. the student council decided to have 50-50 females & males for LDC participants. However, it turns out that there are more male applicants than females. Therefore, we could not judge them for being sexism if the result turns out to be 40-60 females & males. If an outsider sees this and think that the student council is sexist, they are in fundamental attribution error.
That is all for now. Write more later.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3rd, 2006 (which is yesterday), we had some discussions about sexism with Priska and Adinda as the moderator (taken from "Springboards for Discussing Sexism" UnderstandingPrejudice.org).
1. Are beauty contests such as the Miss America Pageant a form of pornography?
- Absolutely not!! Look, what is pornography anyway? I say it is a form where some girls or boys pose in erotic way without any clothing whatsoever. Meanwhile, the girls in Miss Universe -when they used their bikini- they did not perform any sort of erotic performances. They did that because -I think- to emphasize that their bodies are in good shape. Only some extremists or fanatics would say that this is a pornography. Take an example of the recent Indonesian finalist for Miss Universe (I forgot her name). When she went back to Jakarta, the extremist Muslim sects like FPI persecuted her because she wore a bikini and had it display internationally. They thought this kind of act as a form of pornography and therefore, brought shame to Indonesia (which is a Muslim country).
2. Do media images influences whether you see someone as sexually attractive? If so, how do you feel about corporations having this influence on you?
- Personally, I don't really care about this issue. ABout different numbers in corporation, I thought it is also possible that there aren't many applicants based on a gender. Ex. the student council decided to have 50-50 females & males for LDC participants. However, it turns out that there are more male applicants than females. Therefore, we could not judge them for being sexism if the result turns out to be 40-60 females & males. If an outsider sees this and think that the student council is sexist, they are in fundamental attribution error.
That is all for now. Write more later.
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