Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ih1ap.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ih1ap!pat From: pat@ih1ap.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Title: attractiveness Message-ID: <157@ih1ap.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 08:56:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ih1ap.157 Posted: Wed Jun 15 08:56:47 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 14:29:02 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 22 Yesterday, we had an Affirmative Action meeting about sexual harrasment. During this meeting, a movie called "The Power Pinch" was shown. In this movie an interesting comment was made by a man interviewed about the subject. He stated- "Women spend alot of money trying to make themselves attractive to the opposite sex, isn't this contradictory to the sexual harrasment issue?" (Not verbatim but I put in quotes) I asked the question that since millions (billions?) of dollars are spent on commercials and sold in products to women, can't this seductiveness be construed as baiting? To my surprise every woman there said they dressed up and wore makeup to look nice for the other women and not to attract men! I know this is going to cause flames but all the psychology used by the manufacturers imply to me that this is not true. Look at magazines, "GLAMOUR, COSMOPOLITAIN?,etc". Surely, the social pressure and industries place women in a seductive role? Patrick Fargo BTL -IH !ih1ap!fargo!