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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What disappoints me about a current strain of feminism is this conflation between empowerment and marketing tools. Sex is a common and powerful marketing tool, initially exploited by men (bikini women draped over cars) and now also exploited by women. JLo is a total boss. She used sex to promote her show. Very successfully. That's not empowerment, that's capitalism.

What would have been empowerment, IMO, is to NOT use sex to promote the show. JLo says f&ck all you men. I'm not using my body in this way for your attention. I'm amazing without my crotch too.

But then it wouldn't have caused all this discussion and it wouldn't have given her the most media attention possible, which is what any performer wants.

So, it was a good show but very much the same old, same old. Not empowering. Just the same old "women are good for one thing" message. [/quote]

What she was actually doing is saying... hey conservative women who have been controlled by men your whole life and told how you can dress and what you can do with your body... I can do whatever I want with my body and no man is stopping me.

Hey conservative men, I can actually do whatever I want with my body... think what you want but it's not for you, can't have it, can't control it, can't stop it.

Stop trying to tell women what to do with their bodies and stop blaming them for what others think while they do things with their body.  You chose to think the things you think. The majority of the population did not think those things ... it's all on you, it's in your head, you created those thoughts and most people disagree with you. [/quote]

Except most people think it was wrong to do -- IN THAT SETTING -- IN FRONT OF CHILDREN.  I have no respect for any woman who rubs her crotch in front of my young children.[/quote]

J.Lo has always flaunted her body. And she can. So good for her. But, the point is, you know this. So, unless your fingers were broken or your TV doesn't have an "Off" button, the only one exposing your children to the halftime show is you.[/quote]

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