The American mall is any teenage guy's paradise. All he has to do is pick a spot to sit and he can see all the boobs, butts, and belly button rings he wants.
SlutWear is the latest fashion trend. Every American alive who has stepped into any well trafficked public place can recognize it. It is most well known for its wide necklines that swoop from the tip of the shoulder to the lowest point right between the breasts and low riding pants that show the top of their trademark thong. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the average girl's closet is over 60% purchased from SlutWear Brand Clothing Inc. Mine included. So what's the problem? So what if girls want to show off their budding features that they have so recently acquired? It's fashion! Fashion is about moving forward an leaving prudish and "old" ideas behind, right?
Well, the answer to that is yes and no. Fashion is about moving forward and leaving prudish ideas behind. If we didn't, American women would still be wearing prairie dresses and bonnets. Thanks to changes in fashion, women now have a wide array of choices and can make decisions for themselves about what they want to wear each day and for whatever purpose. ...Sort of. It's the part about "making decisions for themselves" that we start to get in trouble with this definition of fashion. Fashion is also about conforming to the widely accepted idea of what is "supposed" to be worn and why the average girl "needs" to dress that way. Common thinking that has been birthed from the loins of fashion is "I need to get that because if I don't wear THAT, what everyone else is wearing, then I'm not pretty or sexy." Do you see the skewed thinking in this? There's no real need to dress in such clothing or to apply to societies standards. One of the critical parts of feminism (in my mind anyway) is being who you are and thinking for yourself! The only need in regards to fashion is dressing the way that expresses your individuality and personal sexuality, not to express impersonal and overt sex like everyone else.
At this point in most commentaries about slutty clothing, you'd expect me to go on about how it's the media twisting the minds of women, how men are making us dress this way to satisfy their sex crazed minds, blah blah blah... But it is the WOMEN OF OUR OWN SOCIETY who are fueling this trend, WOMEN who are the CEOs of SlutWear Brand, WOMEN who are behind the counters selling SlutWear by the bags. So I ask: Women, why?
SlutWear is the latest fashion trend. Every American alive who has stepped into any well trafficked public place can recognize it. It is most well known for its wide necklines that swoop from the tip of the shoulder to the lowest point right between the breasts and low riding pants that show the top of their trademark thong. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the average girl's closet is over 60% purchased from SlutWear Brand Clothing Inc. Mine included. So what's the problem? So what if girls want to show off their budding features that they have so recently acquired? It's fashion! Fashion is about moving forward an leaving prudish and "old" ideas behind, right?
Well, the answer to that is yes and no. Fashion is about moving forward and leaving prudish ideas behind. If we didn't, American women would still be wearing prairie dresses and bonnets. Thanks to changes in fashion, women now have a wide array of choices and can make decisions for themselves about what they want to wear each day and for whatever purpose. ...Sort of. It's the part about "making decisions for themselves" that we start to get in trouble with this definition of fashion. Fashion is also about conforming to the widely accepted idea of what is "supposed" to be worn and why the average girl "needs" to dress that way. Common thinking that has been birthed from the loins of fashion is "I need to get that because if I don't wear THAT, what everyone else is wearing, then I'm not pretty or sexy." Do you see the skewed thinking in this? There's no real need to dress in such clothing or to apply to societies standards. One of the critical parts of feminism (in my mind anyway) is being who you are and thinking for yourself! The only need in regards to fashion is dressing the way that expresses your individuality and personal sexuality, not to express impersonal and overt sex like everyone else.
At this point in most commentaries about slutty clothing, you'd expect me to go on about how it's the media twisting the minds of women, how men are making us dress this way to satisfy their sex crazed minds, blah blah blah... But it is the WOMEN OF OUR OWN SOCIETY who are fueling this trend, WOMEN who are the CEOs of SlutWear Brand, WOMEN who are behind the counters selling SlutWear by the bags. So I ask: Women, why?
2 comments:
lol!! personally, i think that some women who dress like that are maybe expressing themselves. however there are some who dress like that for attention.
ps - i really like your blog, it makes me think =]
just a guys pov here but if i were sexy model lookin i would wear manslut wear too howver since i don't have a bowflex body more is better
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