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Mon Feb 17, 2014, 12:40 AMNuclear Unicorn (10,016 posts)Should women wear make-up?I don't wear make-up. I own some but I don't think I've put it on since I was in high school (not that long ago, but still).If the problem with gender dynamics is women being objectified for sex rather than who they are as an individual than I can think of no greater betrayal of inner feminine power than the outer presentation of make-up which has no purpose except to accentuate the physically attractive over the intangible. To wit --Is such a woman a traitor to her gender?Okay, I admit it, the kerfuffle over the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is the genesis of this thread. I think some very sound arguments about the objectification of women have been made but -- as it has been said before -- morality is an art, it involves knowing where to draw the line.So what is the line? Does applying eye liner cross the line?
Response to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)Mon Feb 17, 2014, 02:50 AMStar Member Scootaloo (9,767 posts)55. "Traitor to her gender"?Gosh. I can't imagine why some women are feeling that DU is becoming a hostile place.They must be as hysterical and irrational as those African-American who have expressed the same feelings.Or the smattering of Muslim posters who feel completely unwelcomed.And increasingly, those of us who on the political left.DU - another study in the the preponderance of white privilege, male determinism, and general rightward slouching of the internet. well-played Skinner, you've demonstrated that without meaningful moderation, even a liberla bastion can become a freeper shithole - all that's needed is time and attrition.
Response to Scootaloo (Reply #55)Mon Feb 17, 2014, 06:54 AMStar Member hobbit709 (29,726 posts)90. someone had a poutrage over your postOn Mon Feb 17, 2014, 03:33 AM an alert was sent on the following post:"Traitor to her gender"?http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4513862REASON FOR ALERTThis post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.ALERTER'S COMMENTSThe OP asks a logical question, given the shit-storm caused by a woman posting the SI swimsuit cover. This poster uses that question to launch an attack on Skinner and DU. We are not a "freeper shithole".You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Feb 17, 2014, 03:39 AM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation givenJuror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation givenJuror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation givenJuror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation givenJuror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation givenJuror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONEExplanation: No explanation given!
DUmmie wymins buy their makeup at HOME DEPOT.
Scootaloo DU - another study in the the preponderance of white privilege, male determinism, and general rightward slouching of the internet. well-played Skinner, you've demonstrated that without meaningful moderation, even a liberla bastion can become a freeper shithole - all that's needed is time and attrition.
You know, somehow me wearing make-up has not made me any less intelligent, capable at my job, less female, or more oppressed.
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 01:33 AMStar Member elleng (45,348 posts) My daughters saw me working full time as an attorney, doing significant work for the public (worked for Fed govt,) so they didn't doubt the possibilities, I think. Their father did similar. They did observe things go bad over time at home w me and their father, so their view of the world/life may be balanced. I'm going tomorrow to cemetery, meeting daughters, sons in law and new grandbaby, to entomb their father's ashes, so I expect high emotions, and interested to see how daughters behave, as they don't speak to one another. Fingers crossed.
Buy? That assumes they have jobs in the first place. They root around in the dumpsters of Lowe's, Home Depot, and Ace Hardware.
Well, maybe gNads could use a bit, slathered on with a trowel.
Is such a woman a traitor to her gender?
Ted Kennedy is the only person with an actual confirmed kill in the war on women.
Response to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #20)Mon Feb 17, 2014, 04:52 AMStar Member Warpy (74,329 posts) 76. And when most of us turn 50, we become invisible
It doesn't matter how much plastic surgery or how much makeup or what sort of fashion. Once the uterus dries up and goes out of business, a woman ceases to be. I got my invisibility cloak right on schedule and I've been having a great deal of fun with it. Just having the hooting and cat calling stop was liberating. At last.
It doesn't matter how much plastic surgery or how much makeup or what sort of fashion. Once the uterus dries up and goes out of business, a woman ceases to be.
DU - another study in the the preponderance of white privilege, male determinism, and general rightward slouching of the internet. well-played Skinner, you've demonstrated that without meaningful moderation, even a liberla bastion can become a freeper shithole - all that's needed is time and attrition.
Are you kidding? This is something they waste their time with? I love make-up! Ulta? Heaven on earth! Point me towards Macy's and I'll make a bee line to the make up counter...then to shoes and handbags! I seriously doubt wanting to own every single color of eyeshadow made by Urban Decay is going to affect my brain. It's not like I'm shooting botox into my head or anything. Have they forgotten all their heroines in Hollywood?Cindie
our fantasies with...
Wherein they find the enriching inspiration for their ridiculous :bouncy: ies :panic: :puke:
Sorry DUmmie, but Freepers aren't the ones stirring shit on Skin's Island. Your infighting is a product of not having a Republican president to blame. The breakdown of your Lord of the Flies style society started with Obama's election.Now you get to see what liberals are really like when you don't have a common enemy. You turn on each other over the least of imagined or real slights, and like a dog with a bone, you can't let go.
