1. This is why I don& #39;t bother myself with conversations around desirability hierarchy and pretty privilege regarding women. If female privilege doesn& #39;t exist then it must follow that the attention of males & their sexualizing of our bodies is not and can never be a privilege. https://twitter.com/Omojuwa/status/1297856016206434307">https://twitter.com/Omojuwa/s...
2. It may or may not be nice for certain women to experience being desired, but these are not concrete privileges in the grand scheme of things. Men desiring us is not power.
Beautiful women suffer all sorts of violence for their beauty.
Beautiful women suffer all sorts of violence for their beauty.
3. That some of us women may "exploit" the system or hack it or enjoy it is not real power.
I will never forget the story of the model who a group of strangers (men) beat up till she was unrecognizable outside a club just for being beautiful. Her career ended.
I will never forget the story of the model who a group of strangers (men) beat up till she was unrecognizable outside a club just for being beautiful. Her career ended.
4. Or the one who men threw acid on her face a while back. Or Pastor E.A Adeboye saying firing a woman from her job is fine if you can& #39;t control your attraction to her... and so many other examples.
The power that comes from being desired is only an illusion.
The power that comes from being desired is only an illusion.