Aridelle's Response to Rachel's Main Post 9/7/2010

Feminism has opened the doors for women to become intellectually empowered by encouraging them to raise their voices and expand their career options. This movement has also helped women to become sexually empowered and take control of their sexuality and desires although running the risk of being negatively viewed by society due to the double standard that continue to prevail in today. Yet now I find that saying the words vagina or sex are no longer taboo. Women are more open about talking about their sexual experiences and intimacy as seen in magazines like Cosmo. My roommate and I were reading a Cosmo magazine a couple days ago, yet we found the patriarchal thought ingrained in society in many of the articles we were reading. For example most of the articles were about how to please your man and what to do to turn him on. After thinking about this, I wondered if men also have a magazine that informs them on how to please their female partner. I have yet to see a magazine that informs men how to please, instead it is all about the male pleasure because they have magazines in which women are half naked and just further stimulates their sexuality. Thus, the feminist movement cannot die off because there is so much more that is left to fight for.