To browse Academia. Body Aesthetics, ed. Sherri Irvin Oxford University Press, forthcoming. Feminists frequently lament the fact that women are too often viewed primarily, and in some cases exclusively, as sex objects and valued primarily or exclusively in terms of an externally dictated and generalized conception of sexiness. Sexual objectification in a male-dominated and heteronormative society functions to reduce women to objects to be used at the discretion of men. How has the sexualisation of women in western culture altered the definition and the ability to attain female sexual power?
Subject to Copy write "Are you ready for a fun girl"s night in with a sexy twist? The invitation continued with a strictly no man policy and the enticement: "To all those who are unashamedly raunchy, be ready for some fun, games and a sexy experience!
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This 'sexy' "girls night in" was not an alien experience for my friends. It was evident that Ann Summer"s parties were quickly becoming a fashionable new cultural phenomenon. I've had "girl"s nights in" before, but during this night I experienced a distinctly different form of social gathering, in which the main conversation was "what do you get up to in the bed room?
After the confession, contestants had to engage in tasks. My task was to lick whipped cream of a banana in 20 seconds. In failing that task, I had to perform a for-fit, but it was not so much of a punishment, but a celebrated transformation into a "sexy" woman.
The moment I entered the room, standing in a tiny, barely covering, sailor"s outfit, after I just licked whipped cream off a banana, I started to question this experience. These tasks, acts, 'games' which all these women 2 were engaging in were celebrated.
