Showing posts with label Gloria Steinem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gloria Steinem. Show all posts

Monday, July 09, 2007

He says "chick flick," she says...

Gloria Steinem makes a novel suggestion: If the derogatory and demeaning term "chick flick" is to be used when describing movies about women, then an equally insulting appellation should be used to describe, among other things, "[a]ll the movies that portray violence against women, preferably beautiful, sexy, half-naked women. These feature chainsaws and house parties for teenage guys, serial killers and sadistic rapists for ordinary male adults, plus cleverly plotted humiliations and deaths of powerful women for the well-educated misogynist."

Naturally, Ms. Steinem is not at all shy about stating just what that appellation should be.