Week 9- Response to Annie McLaren's Blog

Annie I think you have highlighted one of the great tragedies of our time.  I think the "sexual revolution" has led our society to a greater openness concerning sexuality, but not a greater understanding of it.  This is most evident with girls who feel that perhaps flaunting their bodies as a tool of manipulation or a way to engage in the freedom of expression is a liberating experience.  In fact, these girls are submitting themselves as slaves to cultural expectations and bind their identities to fleeting material objects (certain clothes, makeup, etc...).  When will our culture look for true beauty, such as that in the face of a wise wrinkled elderly woman?