I totally agree, Aurora. MOst intelligent people I admire don't take pop culture too seriously as far as applying it to their own behavior in life (i.e. I would never be friends with that Jackass that actually did some of those stunts he saw on MTV's Jackass!) But, politics, work, social behavior is different and I do not tolerate misogyny there. I especially can't stand this neo-feminist hating movement where women talk about how much they hate feminists. Well, without women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Gloria Steinem and others, you wouldn't be able to express that opinion in the first place, much less would you be at college, working or even spending so much time socializing. Anyway, I particularly can't stand the way politics are going nowadays. Did anyone read the bio of Laura Bush in People a few weeks ago? Dubya said, "I have the best kind of wife for my career....she doesn't steal the limelight." Yeah, that's great that they stand up there saying wives are best when they shut up, smile and don't interfere. To me, that's the worst kind of role model. I can get past the whole sex object thing, because like Allie said, you can blind side them and show them women can be sexy AND Smart and talented, etc. But, when men and women start learning that women should shut up and stand aside, you can never blind side them, because no matter how great the thing is that you are saying, all they think is you shouldn't be saying anything in the first place and (in myexperience) they don't hear your content. I'd much rather deal with Eminem than Dubya.
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