Tell It Like We See It

This is a great little video made by students at a university in Canada as a class project. My guess is that they were tasked to bring in ads from magazines that stereotyped women in objectified, submissive roles and men in cold, dominating roles. And my guess is that it wasn't difficult. It is shocking when you see these types of ads placed side by side. Even more shocking is when we aren't shocked; when we experience these ads cool or sexy because we're so desensitized to these extreme roles.

My Favorite Position

A commonly held belief in Hollywood, I've heard, is that unless there's a sex scene in a movie there really is no reason for a woman to be in it. Despite the fact that it's mostly women who choose what movies to watch and at least half of the movie watching population is female, the people who make movies are still overwhelmingly male. So unless a movie is written, directed or produced by a woman, there's a very good chance that any women in it are serving as eye candy.

What's sadder is that this belief isn't limited to Hollywood. There's a very real and pervasive view of women as sexual objects even even while they're being politicians, doctors, teachers or writers. So when Lauren Conrad, author and TV personality was asked by a fan what her favorite position was, it could have been another in a series of humiliations that women face when trying to be taken seriously. But Conrad shot back "CEO" and changed the game.

Conrad's response launched an experiment to find out what other women say is their favorite position. Not surprisingly, she isn't the only one who chose CEO. So, what's your favorite position?

Courtesy mic.com