So I was just thinking how interesting it was today in class that majority of people when presenting looked at the way that women are portrayed in the media and how overwhelming it has become that women are to be only sex objects that can not think on their own or hold any short of responsible job. With that said looking at all the magazine ad, tv shows, and music videos I know that I still watch them and wonder if society is so concerned with creating a certain image that we must conform to what do you think would happen if all of the different media outlets were taken away? Would our society still so harshly judge physical beauty and why is it in the U.S. dominatly we focus so much on the body and nothing else?

Curious..

So I was talking to one of my guy friends the other night at the bar. We were talking about girls who dress up or don't for classes. He said, "You know what guys think of girls who dont dress up right? That they are taken."
I find it really hard to believe that people even notice or think about that while going to class.
I wonder if that's true. I don't see the point honestly because I'm not really thinking about picking up a date while I'm having a hard enough time satying awake to pay attention to the information.
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McDonalds Commerical( Stereotypes)

stereotypes at its best, yet not offensive

Topless photo of 14-year-old Grand Blanc girl sparks sexual discrimination debate

GRAND BLANC, Michigan -- That topless photo of a Grand Blanc teen sure did stir up a heck of a lot of debate.

On whether girls have the same right as guys to go topless.

If cellphones should be allowed in school.

And why people are so darn interested in this story.

A 14-year-old girl took a topless photo of herself on her cellphone. The picture spread around Grand Blanc High School, and seven students were suspended -- including the girl -- for having the photo on their phones at school.

An attorney for the parents argued in part that the discipline amounted to sex discrimination because photos of bare-chested males are fine, photos of bare-chested females should also be fine.

A firestorm ensued. More than 100 people posted comments on the Journal's Web site, mlive.com. Most think the parents don't have a case against the school.

Male prisoners gain right to cosmetics

The Federal Constitutional Court said the plaintiff was right in challenging a prison policy which allowed only female inmates to spend 25 euros (£21) of their own money on cosmetic and skin care products each month.

"Although the interest in cosmetics may be more widespread or frequently stronger among women than among men, it is not a biologically determined interest among women," the court ruled.

"Members of one sex cannot be denied their wellness choices simply because they are more typically found among the opposite sex."

It said the current practice of only allowing women to purchase beauty products amounted to a violation of the protection against sex discrimination under Germany's Basic Law.

New VIC laws allow gays to 'commission' surrogate children

Gay men will be able to commission a baby via a surrogate mother under new Victorian laws that have angered the Christian lobby.

The landmark laws, passed in State Parliament late on Thursday, legalise surrogacy and give lesbians and single women access to fertility treatment, including IVF.

The Australian Christian Lobby has denounced the legislation as “social engineering” and says it will enable gay men to “order” a surrogate baby on demand.

“It steps outside the natural family, two men can’t (physically) have a baby,” lobby spokesman Rob Ward said.

“The wishes of homosexuals to have children should not be placed above the inalienable rights of children to start out in life with a mother and a father.”

The new laws eradicate the need for surrogate couples to travel interstate for IVF.

Previously, women had to be infertile to qualify for fertility treatment, ruling out surrogate mothers and most single and lesbian women.

The legislation also gives gay partners and parents of surrogate children legal parenting rights and allows women to conceive using the sperm of their dead partners.