Agreed.
shareWell I would agree on this ground: Feminism is supposedly to fight against sexism and for equal rights, and women seem to VERY much have the right to appear nude. Even in ancient art, the female nude form is most popular.
However, considering how much women get body-shamed by other women for appearing nude, Kim might have a point. I dunno. Guess it depends on the argument.
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I would agree with your point, although I would narrow down your last statement to just this:
"You hardly have the right to tell other women what they should or should not do with theirs."
No qualifiers necessary, imo.
Hm, she didn't actually tell anyone what to do, she just said that showing off and using your body to make money isn't feminism.
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Men are celebrated for their achievements and talents. Men are respected. That's why men's fashion is about what looks respectable, and men appear clothed on magazine covers.
It's undignified that women are naked while the men are clothed.
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2107768_2107767_2107763,00.html
http://jezebel.com/5940681/gq-ran-out-of-clothes-for-its-woman-of-the-year
That's because women are not respected, and treated as sexual objects. It's not "empowering" to be naked and valued only for your body, or what you can do to please men sexually.
Throughout history, women's fashion was about nudity, and it still is. How much to show, how much to cover, which is dictated by culture, and men control culture. Women are treated as objects to be looked at.
So. I got an idea, men. You can get naked on magazine covers and on instagram if you think that's "empowering", and I'll raise INTEREST RATES. How 'bout dat?
You are only paying attention to women who show skin.
shareI am not "only paying attention to women who show skin." That is all the media pays attention to. Malala opened a school for girls, but the media was more focused on Kylie Jenner's birthday party that same week. I pointed out some sexist magazine covers to prove that point.
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Yeah that's correct. What she's getting at is called 'enlightened sexism'. Susan J. Douglas came up with the term and definition in 2010. Here it is in simple form:
What is enlightened sexism?
[It's] a new, subtle form of sexism. It insists that full equality for women has been achieved, and therefore we don't need feminism anymore. So it's O.K. to resurrect retrograde, sexist images of women in the media, all with a wink and a laugh.