freedom or sexism?

It is news to no one, not even me, that eroticism in popular culture is a 24-hour, all-you-can-eat buffet, and that many children in their early teens are filling up. The latest debate centers on whether simulated intercourse is an appropriate dance style for the high school gym.

This is just amazing to me. It makes me scared to think how I will ever be able to raise decent kids(in the future) with so much negative pressure from society, which teaches ’sex sells’ at such an early age. I am also not surprised that in other parts of the world, Islam, even with the hard-core fundamentalists, gets stronger day by day. Although in many ways a very harsh alternative where the female gets no choice in the matter, women are viewed as valuable parts of society who need to be protected and not exposed.

I will note, however, that it is not always the men, but the women themselves who believe they need to ’strut their stuff’ for attention. Is that really the only way? Whatever happened to class, mystery, confidence, self-respect, and intelligence? I hope that we Western women find a better solution, one that allows us freedom without overexposure, so that we never have to witness a backlash or cultural revolution (like in the Middle East) that takes us backwards in time.