TAKEN

Take a moment to look at this picture.

Think about it...

Let it sink in....

Because this is a picture of just one of the many young victims exposed to human trafficking. And yes-it does occur in the U.S. Let's use the movie Taken as example. The daughter goes on a trip to Paris with a friend whom seems to be completely oblivious to common sense. They are not even there for a full hour and they are kidnapped and held hostage and used as sex slaves. The dad then comes over to Paris, does some bada** stunts and ends up finding the daughter; drugged up and abused. Her friend; not so lucky. Sorry to ruin it if you haven't seen it yet, but she dies. This movie is full of nonstop suspense and drama that causes you to stay on your toes and constantly have the nagging feeling and urges as if you were there. Great movie. One of my favorites. It used to be my favorite because of all the awesome action and suspense it had. But now, I look at it as reality.

More and more everyday we are hearing about an innocent child being kidnapped. But in a recent story, a little girl was sold by her mother to a drug dealer. YES: SOLD BY HER MOTHER. Not only that, the little girl was molested, abused, and left for dead! This is the type of world we live in. Boy, do I feel safe...

SEX SELLS

To the right is a picture of five beautiful models, followed by their manager and stylist. These girls are goregous! You may have seen them before. Where, might you ask? On music videos. Why? because they are video girls who are featured in the hottest and latest hip-hop videos out. This is what most black women are seen as; sex symbols. But why must such beautiful women be exploited in a bad way? Where are the males barely clothed at? It is a known fact that women are used for what they can offer sexually to someone and not how they themeselves can offer as human beings.

Because of the posisitoning of her leg, the girl on the bottom right may be called "going" or easy. Have people ever thought of who directed her to put her leg that way? Who are we to say she wasn't uncomfortable doing it, yet they may have offered her more money. Why? because as the old saying goes-"SEx Sells." But how long until sex goes bankrupt..?

"Cock Rock"

Lez Zepplin (Led Zepplin), Cheap Chick (Cheap Trick), AC/DShe (AC/DC), and the Romonas (The Romones), are just a few the All-Girl cover bands. It's not everyday you hear of a all-girl rock band that actually plays instruments instead of just doing th vocal part. These bands have had alot of influence on the lesbian community and women in general. One person from article 46 in the book states, "I would have resisted the impulse to hold my girlfriend's hand until we were safely inside the corner hall, and then relaxed into the safety of a, for the moment, lesbian space." Talk about land of the free..

These bands are put together for a purpose. "Historically, women in rock are rarely seen as instrumentalists, and that is what we are trying to do," says Lisa Brigantino of Lez Zeppelin. Thank goodness for women who are willing to take a risk; even when it's a risk that should really not be considered that at all.

"A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen"

"A woman's place is in the kitchen." This is aa common statement made by many men in earlier years and even now. Problem is, times have changed guys. Woman dominance in the work force is taking over.
Woman have, and still are, been considered weak and not strong enough both mentally and physically to do the work that men can. I have learned this from personal experience. I played on a all boys basketball. As soon as I stepped on the court, all eyes were on me. "Shouldn't she be on the sideline cheering," Some said. I was pressured to do well or fail and honestly: IM INCAPABLE OF FAILING. So with the negativity as motivation, I played my a** off. I even made a boy cry! Cheer that.
Going back to the text, in one of the paragraphs, it mentions that there were three respondents that were currently employed in traditionally 'male' manual occupations at the point of interview; and a further four had moved up from male-domianted manual occupations to low-level management. All of those women were from intermediate or manual backgrounds. Talk about women making a come up...