If women are so against male dominance, then why do they partake in degrading activities such as pornography and pageantry?
Women face the challenge of being noticed by men. We want to feel important, and some women choose to get attention in a way that only women can. Men respond to the revealing of flesh, and when they can’t keep their eyes off of a woman, the woman then feels powerful. It’s this sense of power that women crave, which some achieve through a way that ends up ultimately taking all of their power away from them.
As for pageantry, women get to compete outside of the male world. They get to do what they like to do (look pretty) while fighting for the number one place. It could be considered a feminist activity, but at the same time it’s a major reason for why men don’t respect women. By participating in pageantry, we’re showing that we’re obsessed with beauty rather than intelligence, which is what men really care about.
Pornography is not, in fact, an exclusively female activity - men can and do participate in it (not just as an adjunct to the women - there is a fairly large amount of gay male pornography available.) Also, not all men care primarily about intelligence. Some do, certainly, but unfortunately there are indeed some men who care only about physical appearance, or about other non-intellect-related attributes. This is, of course, true of some women as well.
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