[lbo-talk] Re: Contemporary forms of female self-objectification

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Sun Sep 18 09:00:54 PDT 2005


Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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> I'm really looking forward to reading Levy's book; it may provide insight
> into something my friends and I have been talking and theorizing about for
> several years: namely, what one of my friends calls the "woo girl
> phenomena" and the "pornification of everyday styles."
>
>
> "Woo", taken from the party time battle cry of a woman who might, let's
> say, pull off her top at an intersection, lean out of a car window and
> yell "wooo!" at people standing on a corner as she shows her chest. Her
> date, in the driver's seat, is deeply puzzled (a story 'ripped from
> today's headlines'...or, more to the point, a friend's life).
>
[...] ------------------------- So the well hasn't run dry on interesting and useful contributions. Your anecdotes are a good complement to the book review.



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