Its because there is no problem.
She's got my vote!
j/k policy trumps looks
Anywho, I don't think it is wrong for her to wear a dress like that looks are very important for a politician both male and female. And every little advantage helps gain voters, do people forget this:
You think that wasn't staged or intentional?
Why would a man wear a thong? I really have no words if you don't see the difference between how men and women flaunt their bodies and attractiveness. That picture was a news story for days when it came out and increased his favor with female voters.
Because a thong would be inappropriate. He was wearing long shorts to the beach.
She was wearing this dress to an official function.
One person is advertising their attractiveness using clothes designed to do that. The other is wearing shorts to the beach.
If she wore a bikini to the beach, it wouldnt be a story. Most women do that, its appropriate.
I doubt it was staged, the dude went to a beach, the media were there. Should he have worn a burka?
Theres a difference between:
(Where are your eyes drawn? And thats why she wore it, hell the chick in green could have been a gorilla and most men wouldnt have noticed)
).More specifically she's saying that a woman who does not weaponize her sex appeal runs the risk of being outdone by those who do and that a woman who does will invariably be scrutinized for weaponizing their sex appeal and for playing into negative aspects of the patriarchy. Furthermore, she's saying that women with sex appeal are inevitably either scrutinized for their perceived sluttiness or their perceived prudeness depending on how they act.
The issue, as far as she’s concerned, is that women aren't alloted any scrutiny or fairness when people judge their bodies. There isn't the requisite commentary that it's a shallow thing to do.
Dear God, you don't get it. First, she was wearing a formal dress that showed cleavage, the dress was entirely appropriate. If she was wearing a thong and bra too the function that would be different. Second, what the hell do you think people are looking at in that Obama picture, his shorts? They are looking at his shirtless chest and abs, he didn't go topless on the beach because "that's what you do." He did it precisely because he knows he's got a decent enough body and that it will play well with the press. Let me ask you this, in all the time since that photo Obama has routinely gone to Hawaii (his home state) to vacation with his family yet have you ever seen any other shirtless Obama beach pics? The answer is no.
In fact, here's a picture of him post-election on vacation with his family:
That's right, he's wearing a shirt because the election politics are over and there's no need to play that card again. I just can't understand how naive you have to be to not understand that NOTHING a presidential candidate, or any serious politician for that matter, is spontaneous or done without deliberate precision. Do you think when the walk into restaurants to get some food and take pictures with all the customers and staff that wasn't planned weeks in advance?
The Obama beach pic is the EXACT equivalent to the dress cleavage picture, both of them know exactly what they are doing and know it plays well with voters. It's all apart of the political game, like how male politicians in American roll up their sleeves when they speak in rural areas so as to make it look like they're just a working guy. The fact that there is this huge controversy because a women is playing the same game says something.
EDIT:
Actually I did some rechecking, turns out that photo with him at the beach with his shirt on is part of another vacation prior to the 2008 DNC. I actually cannot find a single beach vacation photo of Obama after his election despite that he has taken one every year.
Because a thong would be inappropriate. He was wearing long shorts to the beach.
She was wearing this dress to an official function.
One person is advertising their attractiveness using clothes designed to do that. The other is wearing shorts to the beach.
If she wore a bikini to the beach, it wouldnt be a story. Most women do that, its appropriate.
I doubt it was staged, the dude went to a beach, the media were there. Should he have worn a burka?
Theres a difference between:
(Where are your eyes drawn? And thats why she wore it, hell the chick in green could have been a gorilla and most men wouldnt have noticed)
