http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/5/nation/8835999&sec=nation
Don't tell me there is NO DIFFERENCE when you CHOSE to be sexy and when you are being PAID to be sexy.
The same goes with whether a woman is a HOOKER or not. If she requests to be paid, means she's a hooker. If she doesn't request to be paid, means she's not one but when a woman is open about her sexuality, society will see her as a nymphomaniac. Double standards. It's ok for a man to express his horniness but it's not okay for a woman to do so without being called all kinds of name while a man will only be called a pervert.
Referring to the article above, this "Bunny" bullshit job no doubt objectifies woman.
What is a Playboy Club? Wikipedia.com states "Playboy Club is a chain of nightclubs owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises".
What is a Playboy Bunny? Wikipedia.com states "waitress at the Playboy Club.... Bunnies wore a costume called a "bunny suit" inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot, consisting of a corset, bunny ears, a collar, cuffs and a fluffy cottontail."
What kind of job objectify women as sex symbols?
1. When you are paid to dress sexy/skanky/slutty to promote a product. I always see these when it comes to cars, where women dress like skanks, giving out car pamphlets. Then you have the Umbrella Girls during the F1 Circuit. Also i have seen girls promoting electronic products where their company "salesgirls clothes" involved short skirts, heavy makeup, tight tops/low cut tops. Why do you need women to dress scantily to promote a product? To attract DESPERATE MEN to buy your product because to rely on the quality of the product alone is not enough? Your product must really SUCK. Some business minded idiot will tell me that it's MARKETING STRATEGY. I guess they don't teach you Business Ethics.
2. Prostitution obviously.
3. Main objective of job scope is ENTERTAINING MEN. Women are born NOT to entertain men. Not to be a "beautiful trophy" next to a man. Why do men need to be entertained? Why do we need to carter to their needs? Entertaining a man in the sense that to go out with him, engage in conversations with him should be done mutually, NOT BY BEING PAID. And women who do such jobs are required to look pretty or sexy. Why, men don't want to be entertained by not so pretty women who can actually strike up a conversation?
3. Any job that requires you to be attractive. Im the kind of person that emphasize on the quality of work that you do, not how pretty or handsome you look. Maybe modelling is an exception to this since the modelling world requires you to be attractive since people will be looking at your pictures but why do you need to be attractive just to sell something? It's your selling skills that counts. Last time when you want to be an air stewardess in Malaysia you need to be pretty, slim and tall. Maybe the height thing u can understand since you need to reach up to the luggage compartment but slim and pretty? Can't a slightly bigger girl be a stewardess? What is the job scope of a stewardess anyway? Looking after the passengers on board. So why do you need to be pretty and slim for that?
Conclusion : Any job that is PAYING you to look beautiful/dress sexy and entertain MEN (by being seductive) is a job that objectify women as sex symbol. The keyword here is BEING PAID.
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