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I'm pretty sure that most

aj_baluyut — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:28:52 -0500

I'm pretty sure that most women who joins pageant knows what they are doing, let's just pray harder for them

OK

mashadutoit — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:34:58 -0500

That makes sense to me.

The social subcontext

snigdhasen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:29:27 -0500

Mashadutoit, yes it is a contentious claim. I don't particularly agree with the author's enthusiasm for this kind of "freedom", but I think I know where he's coming from.

It's the social context. In India (and probably in many similar cultures), women are just expected to be the "moral one" while men draw far less flak for their indiscretions (the boys-will-be-boys-factor). The writer, in my understanding, is calling his fellow males fools for expecting their women to be madonnas and actually being smug in the belief that they are being the "good girls" they are expected to be. 'Basically, dude, you are being manipulated silly and your huge male ego is blinding you. Your woman knows how to get what she wants.'

That's how I read it, but then again, as women we don't want to have to stoop to this, right?

Thanks for raising this point!

Excellent question

snigdhasen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:22:09 -0500

The best we can hope is that the women have a clear understanding of what they are doing and why they are doing it. And, of course, it is actually their own decision to participate.

Thanks for stopping by, SmartHer.

This disturbs me

mashadutoit — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:54:13 -0500

So even as they play coy and subjugated, they are actually free women
who live their lives on their own terms. I admire such women and
worship on their altar.

Because it is a contradiction. Playing coy and subjugated, even if by choice, means that you are not living your life on your own terms. What this seems to be saying is - "there are acceptable ways for you to be free - under cover, playing out specific roles defined by me"

Women who choose other ways to be free - are not as admirable to this writer, maybe? That is what I hear as a subtext when I read that exerpt.

I'm also troubled by some of

SmartHer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:36:04 -0500

I'm also troubled by some of these issues. When women participate in beauty pageants, are they exercising their freedom and their choices or pandering to male / societal norms of beauty?

Hi Sara Luppino

ajax — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:32:56 -0600

Can I just say it's great to see you going this route and I and a good many more cannot wait to see more. Looking forward to your next appearance at f*v girls.

Your right what you say about this industry, and other more mainstream ones I should add, but there is more good than bad.

The very best of luck to you!

Hmmmm huh ?

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Denise — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:10:08 -0500

I hadn't thought about the movie issue. Something tells me the movie will feel more like her book though I could be wrong since tragic stories about fallen women sell as well, if not better, than bad girl sex stories.

I'm just super interested in what led her from where she seemed to be when she wrote the book to where she seems to be now. Is it age and maturity? Were her feelings in the book not real or honest in some way? I'm just really fascinated by all of Jenna's "personas". :-)

~Denise
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A Choice for Others Too

Sybil Goldrich — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:48:28 -0500

She just wants to feel and be normal. But I wonder whether they'll approach this subject in the movie that they are doing about her life. Regardless, she made a choice that was good for her and by going public with it, she showed other women that it can be a choice for them, too.

Interesting

Denise — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:34:30 -0500

Did you read Jameson's book? Didn't sound like she was unhappy with her implants or her life at all. I wonder if she'll write another book in the next few years.

Very interesting.

~Denise
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