Not that it surprises me, but I can't help cringing when reading Rush Limbaugh's incredibly sexist remarks about Hillary Clinton. Reacting to an unflattering picture taken of Hillary on the campaign trail, he asked the question, "Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?" He goes on to say that men look more accomplished and distinguished as they age whereas women - well, you know what aging does to women.
This is not a post about Hillary Clinton. It's about a culture obsessed with youth and looks, especially when it comes to women. Women are critically appraised on their appearance to a much greater degree than men. Women internalize that standard for measuring their worth and value and often conclude that they don't measure up. Even those women who do measure up may be only a few years away - or a mastectomy away - from losing their ticket to acceptance.
Until women refuse to be defined by their appearance and stop defining themselves by their appearance, they will lack power and equality. And they will continue to be the objects rather than the subjects of their sex lives.
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