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what wolf and other feminists seem to miss though, is that the current level of commodification of the female form is as much women's fault as it is men's. pick up any girls magazine, and see how they give advice about how "looks arent everything, inside that counts" etc, yet youll get 5 new dieting plans or "summer tips to look hot" ad nauseum. these kinds of articles and magazines are almost always written/run by women.
somewhere along the way, as women forced themselves into the public sphere, they inherited the (apparent) patriarchal ideology and now reinforce it. as long as women's bodies are ridiculously big business, both men and women will be there profiting from that exploitation. i think youll find it hard to uncover any commodity in the world that someone isnt making money from 
as for the media tangent, everything you might gain knowledge from is a form of media for all intents and purposes. youve just gotta be as aware as you can what the source is and whether it sounds credible or not. that doesnt matter whether youre learning something from the tv, newspaper, textbook or word of mouth. swearing black and blue in defence of some obscure internet site with "the real facts" is no better than swallowing all the garbage CNN might give you.
does anyone in the COR even read posts this long?
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