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From: gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: indoctrination
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 18:14:36 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 18:14:36 1984
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[Purina Bug Chow]

>>...here's another issue.  Young women
>>are indoctrinated to want to be attractive (included in this are looks,
>>clothing, and charm), and yet are discouraged from facing their sexuality.

> I would describe it a bit differently, but I think that we're saying the 
> same basic thing.  The words "attractive" and "charming" don't sound quite
> right to me.  Maybe "interesting" would be better.  

[from Moira Mallison]
)Are you kidding?  *Where* have you been?  The Manhattanization of America
)has one message for all women, that we must be young and thin and beautiful.
)And if advertising isn't the most influencing force on young people growing
)up, then what is?
)Regardless of what people in this newsgroup profess to look for in an SO,
)we are bombarded daily about this way to be.  Else how do you account for
)the millions of dollars realized by the diet industry.  Because people
)want to be HEALTHY?    Not to mention the money realized by the fashion
)industry.  Sheesh.

-commentary on-
But all of the advertizing in the world can't do a thing unless the "target"
is fraught with insecurities about how he/she is.  It's kind of like a self-
fulfilling prophecy; one person gets subjected to it and gets the impression
that everyone else has these values, so he/she takes those values for their
own.  If enough people do this, well, the advertized fantasy becomes "reality".
There's one good means of defence; be honest with yourself and appreciate your
own individuality- on what you want out of yourself *and* in your potential SO.
If that happened more often, I'm sure a lot of ad-man/women out there would
be looking for new jobs in no time. 
-commentary off-

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