Blaming the Victim

Don't wear this at work!

It seems to me that the loosening sexual mores in our society are the result not only of all those soft-porn Victoria Secret TV commercials making men horny, but of formerly normal, nice girls becoming sluttier. There, I've said it -- sue me.

Plastic surgery to make boobs bigger, butts bouncier and lips puffier just lay the groundwork. Add to that skin-baring dresses with peek-a-boo cleavage cutouts (just in case you forgot there were breasts in there) and slits up the side (all the way to that crotch men are supposedly grabbing), tons of makeup and false eyelashes, shiny bling, stiletto heels, and what do you get? Not a librarian, certainly. Why do normal, average women present themselves in this way?

This is much better!

What got me started was a front page article in today's New York Times about the goings-on at Vice Media, a $6 billion global media company currently under fire for its "boundary-pushing culture" that created a workplace "uncomfortable for women."

The article begins with an anecdote wherein a man suddenly takes the hand of his co-worker and places it on his crotch. This happened on a Ferris wheel at Coney Island after a company event. In my day the woman would have laughed in his face! On a Ferris wheel? Really? Obviously the poor guy was not hoping for an honest to goodness sexual conquest. Most likely he had a teeny one that nobody had ever touched before and he wanted to see how it felt.

I'm guessing that the men who push boundaries at work are the very ones who aren't getting any sex outside the office. Intimidated and confused by the women who strut around the office dressed like call girls, they're stunned at the cry of  "pervert" after acting on their implied offers. Perhaps these professional women should consider dressing like good girls at the office and save their slutty attire for clubbing on the weekends. As for  those fake boobs and butts: what are they for if not attracting male attention?