Sexualisation 'harms' young girls. This is the revelation given to us by a group of US experts. And to think, it only took 'a task force from the American Psychological Association' to come up with these findings. Well gee thanks!
The real question is what will be done to confront these problematic trends in western society?
And for those of you who may be thinking that its no better in Muslim countries, I strongly disagree. The examples of sexualisation cited in the BBC article such as "Young pop stars dressed as sex objects, Dolls aimed at young girls with sexual clothing such as fishnet tights, Clothing, such as thongs, for seven to 10-year-olds, and Adult models dressed as young girls" are not rampant and openly advertised as in the West.
Has the downward spiral begun in the Muslim East? That can be argued, but I've been hearing such talk for the past 10 years and I still don't see a fraction of the sexuality that is so prevalent in the West.
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5 comments:
Thanks a lot for this post.
The feminists should learn a lesson from this. They have liberated (? ) the women from the torture of abusive husbands and put them under the claws of male vultures !!
Theoreticians of feminism all were men.
Yes it is something also in muslim countries. But it is not that much obvious like west. Hidden..
Wounded, thanks for your comment. I often wonder where is the middle ground in this vicious game where the women are the ultimate victims. As Muslims we would say that Islam is the middle ground, but sadly we have yet to see a practical Islamic implementation of Islamic feminism.
Shahrzad, good point about the patriarchal roots of feminism. And you said exactly what I was trying to say in my post - the sexualization of women is present in the Muslim East, but its hidden...thanks for highlighting the point!
Don't know if you've been to Dubai recently but I would say the sexualisation here is nearly on par with what you see in Europe & the States.
Here in the UAE some sort of spiral is in motion. Most of malls here contain over-sized posters of blue-eyed, blonde-haired white women in very suggestive poses alongside the latest designer handbag. It's distasteful.
Even in the more conservative emirate of Sharjah you'll see very low-cut short dresses modelled in shop windows. Who buys this stuff? The tourists yes. But don't be fooled by all of abaya-wearing locals; what lurks underneath isn't so modest.
In the spirit of equality let's not let the men off the hook. I'm told it wasn't that long ago you when you would have seen all shorts finish below the knee, the norm now is above the knee. That's about as far as it goes with the men.
It may have been hidden at one time but it's all coming out.
A N Other Naeem (or ANON for short :->),
Your point of Dubai is very good. However, I find the examples of UAE and Bahrain (the two places that I've visited) to be a bit unique.
Those places (and I'm guessing that Qatar and Kuwait may be similar) have sold out their indigenous culture for economic development. Abu Dhabi's and Dubai's local population is outnumbered by the foreigners (and I don't think the foreigners have cultural preservation high on their list).
Bahrain is the playground for the Saudis and so their sole existence is to entice the Saudi Riyal.
Those environments are not very conducive to retaining the local culture.
The real question is: If hordes of wealth were to be injected into other Muslim countries such as Egypt, Malaysia, or Pakistan, would they follow similar paths as UAE? I don't think so, due to the vast numbers of conservative locals...
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