So I have this friend named Maddie, and I think she is absolutely wonderful. She is in the summer musical at my school, called Guys and Dolls. And this show is set in 1950's and it's about gambling, and girls, and guys, and well, I don't really know.
However, she told me there is this short little stripper scene and she was cast to be in that scene and she talked to our director and said that she would not like to be in that scene and he completely understood. Some people gave her flack but she stood her ground. And I'm proud of her for that. I probably would be in the same boat she's in if I was in that show.
But that makes me think about women and how they are portrayed in our society. And thinking about it, American women are not portrayed in a positive light. Isn't that sad? We are portrayed either as sexual objects, or scary over-estregenized feminists! Neither are good...
How do you go about changing society's image of you? Of your gender? Of where you come from? Of your skin color? Of your ethnicity? Of you sexual orientation?
However, she told me there is this short little stripper scene and she was cast to be in that scene and she talked to our director and said that she would not like to be in that scene and he completely understood. Some people gave her flack but she stood her ground. And I'm proud of her for that. I probably would be in the same boat she's in if I was in that show.
But that makes me think about women and how they are portrayed in our society. And thinking about it, American women are not portrayed in a positive light. Isn't that sad? We are portrayed either as sexual objects, or scary over-estregenized feminists! Neither are good...
How do you go about changing society's image of you? Of your gender? Of where you come from? Of your skin color? Of your ethnicity? Of you sexual orientation?
Got no clue.
Over and out.
Cailin
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