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Feminism and Sex Economics
Feminism and Sex Economics
Blog by Althea Tremaine
*This blog is intended for humorous purposes only. It does not reflect the views and opinions of the writer or her associates… at least, not literally.
You see it everywhere you look—The Man, The Big Cheese, The King—it seems as if in all our years, we females have not yet achieved what our masculine counterparts have achieved. Men seem to be in high places, and as soon as a woman tries to do the same, she is clawed apart by everyone and their mother.
Seriously.
I, for example, was raised by a pseudo-feminist mom who always talked about men like they were the scum between our toes, but then turned around and served my dad dinner first, made sure he was completely comfortable at all times, and made me wash dishes instead of any of my siblings because I was, and unfortunately still am, “a girl.”
However, even in the wake of a seemingly useless fight against sexism, many of we “girls” have found a way to use our “weakness and fragility” to our advantage. Picture this: a poor, defenseless girl finds herself at a bar with nothing but a gentle smile and a graciously curvy body. It’s almost certain that despite her lack of cash, she’ll walk out of that bar with at least a .04 breathalyzer reading brought to her by a big-hearted, generous gentleman.
A moderate number of people would more than likely see this girl as the gentleman’s prey, but in reality the young woman has gained more than she has lost. Think about it: fifteen minutes of friendly chatting for 2+ drinks usually running about $5 each. If this was her job, assuming a steady forty hour work week and fifty-two weeks in a given year, she’d be making $83,200. Not bad for a job that only requires a vagina.
Moreover, there is no rule that guarantees our masculine friends a night of passion and/or naughty fun if they buy a woman a drink. Men know, as well as I do, that seeking out a woman is like investing in a stock—you could get lucky just as easily as you could lose everything.
So, keeping the stock scenario in mind, I’m brought to my next point: the concept of sex economics. In sex economics our love lives are all interrelated to each other in what is called “the marketplace.” In this “marketplace,” the female sexuality is given value while the male sexuality receives none. In other words, women are the sellers of sex and men, the buyers. Of course, since the male sexuality has no value, men must “pay” for the female sexuality by other means such as, but not limited to, dinner, clothing, cars, and (best for last) engagement rings.
Now imagine this invisible market is like any other economy where the price, p, is driven up or down by supply and demand. In this case, supply refers to female sexuality and demand is male demand for it. If you know how economics work, you’ll immediately know that when the supply is higher than the demand, the prices go down. Inversely, when the demand is higher than the supply, the prices go up.
Now where am I going with this?
My proposal is quite simple—Ladies, it’s time that we unite and drive those prices up high. Think about it: women holding out for more would bring us nothing other than MORE! It’s not about “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” It’s all about “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
Why go to school when we could go to spas, salons, and malls? Why waste our time trying to break the glass ceiling when we could take lower positions with double the rewards and half the work? Why bother going to work at all if we could stay at home and do whatever we want all day?
Truly consider this, ladies. We don’t want to waste anymore time fighting for our rights in society. Personal independence will only get us so far.
Blog by Althea Tremaine
*This blog is intended for humorous purposes only. It does not reflect the views and opinions of the writer or her associates… at least, not literally.
You see it everywhere you look—The Man, The Big Cheese, The King—it seems as if in all our years, we females have not yet achieved what our masculine counterparts have achieved. Men seem to be in high places, and as soon as a woman tries to do the same, she is clawed apart by everyone and their mother.
Seriously.
I, for example, was raised by a pseudo-feminist mom who always talked about men like they were the scum between our toes, but then turned around and served my dad dinner first, made sure he was completely comfortable at all times, and made me wash dishes instead of any of my siblings because I was, and unfortunately still am, “a girl.”
However, even in the wake of a seemingly useless fight against sexism, many of we “girls” have found a way to use our “weakness and fragility” to our advantage. Picture this: a poor, defenseless girl finds herself at a bar with nothing but a gentle smile and a graciously curvy body. It’s almost certain that despite her lack of cash, she’ll walk out of that bar with at least a .04 breathalyzer reading brought to her by a big-hearted, generous gentleman.
A moderate number of people would more than likely see this girl as the gentleman’s prey, but in reality the young woman has gained more than she has lost. Think about it: fifteen minutes of friendly chatting for 2+ drinks usually running about $5 each. If this was her job, assuming a steady forty hour work week and fifty-two weeks in a given year, she’d be making $83,200. Not bad for a job that only requires a vagina.
Moreover, there is no rule that guarantees our masculine friends a night of passion and/or naughty fun if they buy a woman a drink. Men know, as well as I do, that seeking out a woman is like investing in a stock—you could get lucky just as easily as you could lose everything.
So, keeping the stock scenario in mind, I’m brought to my next point: the concept of sex economics. In sex economics our love lives are all interrelated to each other in what is called “the marketplace.” In this “marketplace,” the female sexuality is given value while the male sexuality receives none. In other words, women are the sellers of sex and men, the buyers. Of course, since the male sexuality has no value, men must “pay” for the female sexuality by other means such as, but not limited to, dinner, clothing, cars, and (best for last) engagement rings.
Now imagine this invisible market is like any other economy where the price, p, is driven up or down by supply and demand. In this case, supply refers to female sexuality and demand is male demand for it. If you know how economics work, you’ll immediately know that when the supply is higher than the demand, the prices go down. Inversely, when the demand is higher than the supply, the prices go up.
Now where am I going with this?
My proposal is quite simple—Ladies, it’s time that we unite and drive those prices up high. Think about it: women holding out for more would bring us nothing other than MORE! It’s not about “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” It’s all about “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
Why go to school when we could go to spas, salons, and malls? Why waste our time trying to break the glass ceiling when we could take lower positions with double the rewards and half the work? Why bother going to work at all if we could stay at home and do whatever we want all day?
Truly consider this, ladies. We don’t want to waste anymore time fighting for our rights in society. Personal independence will only get us so far.
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Comment by Melissa Gonzalez on July 28, 2008 at 12:35pm -
Well, David, what I was trying to do was bring to light a very serious topic in a humorous way.
I'm aware of the glass ceilings women face in the corporate and political world. This is why I decided to write this blog... most women simply settle for what they are allowed to grasp instead of what they could grasp if they keep trying.
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Comment by David Eide on July 28, 2008 at 10:48am -
That is funny Melissa but I do have a link here to a conference of women bloggers you might be interested in. It's the BlogHer conference and raises questions about what blogs are taken seriously and which are not.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2008/07/us_blogher_conference_brings_together_fe.php
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Comment by Melissa Gonzalez on July 28, 2008 at 10:05am
- Congratulations. I hope my blog inspires people to do just that. I'm not sure if it's evident, but it's satire. I've always wanted to be my own person, and I plan on doing just that. Thanks for reading my blog.
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Comment by Helen Vandepeer on July 28, 2008 at 10:01am -
I once saw a sign I decided to live by.
Why marry a millionaire if I can be one! I live free and independent in the most romantic, loving relationship with an absolute dream of a man. Both of us remain because we want to. We share everything, work, chores, reading writing gardeninf, our faith. It took me all my life to find him.
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