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History of Feminism

nomorenomore08

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5. "too angry and aggressive to be sexually appealing to men"

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:58 PM

Oct 2014

I'm not sure that the two are mutually exclusive. Or that there's anything inherently wrong with either.

Personally, given the choice I would prefer the "aggressive" type of woman to the meek and submissive. But no one asked me, I suppose.

Beyond that, I pretty much agree with your take.

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Beyoncé Doesn’t Perform for the Male Gaze [View all] ismnotwasm Oct 2014 OP

That reminds me of Emilie Autumn, a similar type of performance style but most fans are female arcane1 Oct 2014 #1

I think it is very important to remember that Beyoncé has other stereotypes to fight KitSileya Oct 2014 #2

"She doesn't have to conform to what White feminists think is important in order to be a feminist." nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #4

thanks for sharing. redruddyred Oct 2014 #7

the only performance i saw was the superbowl. people talked costume, seabeyond Oct 2014 #3

"too angry and aggressive to be sexually appealing to men" nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #5

I think the expectation is that women performers ought to be "sexy" redruddyred Oct 2014 #6