Lipstick Feminism is considered to be a type of backlash
feminism by women who wanted to reclaim their sexuality after becoming tired of
the angry-sexless-feminist stereotype created by second wave feminism.
Where Conservative Feminism rejects furtherance of
sexuality...
Lipstick Feminism holds the belief that sexuality is part of women’s
gender powerbase in the same way that physicality is part of men’s gender powerbase.
Your powerbase gives you the
ability to influence others in social situations, therefore anything that
limits that powerbase, is disempowering.
Cosmetics, revealing clothes, great shoes and accessories—all therefore
enhance a woman’s powerbase.
Extreme views of Lipstick Feminism can be found within
Stiletto Feminism—both are a rejection of societal expectations on what makes a
‘good girl’ and promotes the idea that ‘choice’ is power. Choosing
to express their sexuality does not make women victims—it puts them in control.
The average Lipstick Feminist would tell you that Celebgate
happened because of the stigmatisation of sexuality—that ‘slut-shaming’ and any
other societal attempt at making women feel wrong for any expression of their
sexuality and sexual desires, is in effect a patriarchal attempt at limiting
the female gender powerbase and by association, the power of women. If we eliminated sexual stigmatisation, aside
from issues related to the invasion of privacy, no one would care that pictures
of the naked female form were released.
Would you care if stigma-free pictures of men performing physical tasks
were released?
As for the male victims, they’d point at the fact that male
sexuality is not stigmatised, it is promoted, and therefore they are not
victims. Media promotes bad news over
good news, so men don’t get a mention in these scenarios and any mention of
them is positive. Who is really going to
feel bad for, or look down on, the guy having sex with Kate Upton, regardless of
whether or not his pics are released to the public? Kate however is judged for allowing the
pictures to be taken.
I personally identify as Gender Equality Agnostic, which means I also identify with some positions promoted by Feminism, particularly Lipstick Feminism. It makes a lot of sense to me, but like all feminism, I find it's arguements are biased in favor of the female gender.
Which perspective would you like to see next?
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