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youth culture's obsession with sex,
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but I do wonder as a third-wave feminist
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if it's even possible for women to reclaim their sexuality
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in this deeply entrenched patriarchal society,
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or if claiming to do so is just a lie we tell ourselves
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so we can more comfortably cater to the male gaze.
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- Uh, what? - But you know,
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on the other hand, I worry that conversations like this one
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often dismiss her as a mere puppet of the industry...
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- That's my same worry. - ... incapable of engaging
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- in these discussions herself... - Obviously.
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... and infantilization, which is itself a product