The reading “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help” by Jackson Kate’s was a kind of reading I have never read before. Many people have their own preferences and do different things to bring them to sexual pleasure. I believe that women are the most objectified gender in society by men. Jackson goes on to explain that the usage of pornography can shape boys and mens view of girls and women. Men have always felt the need to have sexual dominance and essentially have women cater to their sexual needs whether it be from a prostitute, pornography, and strip clubs. Men don’t think about how all of these forms of sexual exploitation can effect us women deeply. Reading this article honestly made me sick to my stomach because I realized that all of it is true. The way men treat women just to get what they want and most of the time, us women accommodate so we can please these men. When will they start pleasing us? When will our views, what we say, and our body matter? The power that men have over us is unfair because no one should have dominance over anyone in reality. Jackson says “Thus if we want to reduce the level of sexual violence perpetrated by boys and men, we need to critically examine the environment in which we socialize boys and establish norms in male culture”. I agree with this because as a while society, we have established norms in male culture that should be changed because it doesn’t consider how we feel as women and being objectified all the time.
Nadia Jimenez Reflection 6
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