Unit D Blog #25

Using sexualized behavior as a "weapon in the arsenal" seems to be sort of backtracking for females as a whole. We have come all this way to promote equality in the workforce, and not to say that things are even close to equal at this point, but the fact of the matter is many men and women alike would look at this type of action with a negative connotation. This is because when a woman uses her body to get the things in which she desires in the workplace, as well as anywhere else aside from in ones personal life, she is exploiting herself and her fellow women because it is proving the point that all men see from these women in professional workplaces is their body, and as a thing to desire. Women use this practice all the time in episodes like sleeping with a boss to get a promotion, sleeping with a coworker to find out about things going on within a company, and so on. To me the act is trashy. I look at every person, no matter their gender, as an equal human and someone who can converse as well as provide some sort of intellectual feedback. When a woman is using her body merely as bait it seems to set women back as a whole, and this is not right for all of those women who work hard everyday to insure that they are seen as more than just a "pair of breasts" and so on. If the women who use this act truly care about a society where all men AND women are created equally, which we all obviously know that all people are equal anyway, but we are also aware that not all politicians and WASPS within our community believe the same thing. There is a line that is crossed when one exploits them self, although power to a person who can get whatever they desire merely with their physical appearance. Maybe the rest of us are simply jealous.