Rebelling Against a Culture of Porn
Barbara Kay, National Post
Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Which is the greater oppression — sexual virtue imposed by the patriarchy, or sexual libertinism imposed by the matriarchy?
They call it empowerment, but in fact the decade-long vogue for "girls gone wild" — "bad" as the new sexual "good"– is just another form of cultural tyranny. Except now the oppressors are post-morality theorists and "desperate housewife" moms urging public "hotness," rather than stern, moralistic fathers suppressing it.
Today, the sexualization of girls begins in infancy with 12-month sized rompers announcing, "I’m too sexy for my diaper." At age four, it’s The Bratz Babyz, singing "You’ve gotta look hotter than hot! Show what you’ve got!" At six it’s a pouty, scantily dressed My Scene Bling Bling Barbie draped in diamonds. By 12, it’s Ludacris singing ( Ruff sex): "make it hurt in the garden." Fully brainwashed by 13, lap dancer is by then considered a more desirable profession than teacher, as one British survey of 1,000 teenage girls found to be the case by a 7-1 ratio.
We’ve all seen countless variations on the theme, but these particular examples came from Torontonian Wendy Shalit’s new book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good.
Shalit’s 1999 book, A Return to Modesty, acknowledged feminism’s legitimate triumphs, but deplored its obsession with girls’ right (turned obligation) to boundaryless sexual exploration. She identifies the pressure on girls to experience early, frequent and emotionally detached sex as the primary cause of cynicism in both sexes, resulting in a systematic atrophy both of appetite for deep love and aptitude for long-term attachment. Shalit holds that voluntary sexual modesty throughout adolescence with a view to eventual loving monogamy more accurately dovetails with women’s basic nature, and therefore results in their greatest emotional fulfillment. A solid researcher, citing wide-ranging statistical, professional and anecdotal testimony,Shalit builds a persuasive case for promiscuity’s harsher toll on women than men.
Radical feminists despise this precocious, politically incorrect “modestynik” who herself remained cheerfully chaste until marriage. For her apostasy against the “bad is good” orthodoxy, Playboy scornfully dubbed her “A Man’s Worst Nightmare,” and The New York Observer caricatured her as an SS officer. Shalit has even received death threats simply “because being a romantic is nowadays an unpardonable sin.”
re: Church of Christ Moderator
Praise God the National Post decided to run this story. America needs more people working in the press who are willing to write the truth—rather than being silent about the truth. We should ponder Jesus’ trial and take notice that it was not the scribes and Pharisees that put Jesus to death. It was the silence of the people who went along with the scribes and Pharisees. Are you putting Jesus or your neighbors to death with your silence by not speaking out about the dangers of pornography and sexual libertinism? Who are the modern counterparts of scribes of Pharisees today? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you had chosen silence over truth? As Christians, we are called to let our light shine before others, that they may see our good deeds and glorify our Father.
The Similes of Salt and Light. You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.
Teaching About the Law. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 5:13-20]
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