So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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But I wonder if the use of anti-depressants and other drugs to treat emotional issues in young women coupled with alcohol use adds fuel to the fire? Are we assuming that the women who are doing all this stuff are emotionally mature and capable? So many are opening themselves up to current physical danger getting drunk and stripping naked in public, which could cause present and future risk to reputation. The beauty queens getting fired from their jobs is proof of that.
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
gazongaman, February 22, 2007
The book asks interesting questions....But I wonder if the use of anti-depressants and other drugs to treat emotional issues in young women coupled with alcohol use adds fuel to the fire? Are we assuming that the women who are doing all this stuff are emotionally mature and capable? So many are opening themselves up to current physical danger getting drunk and stripping naked in public, which could cause present and future risk to reputation. The beauty queens getting fired from their jobs is proof of that.
(5 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)