It's not exclusive to the US to be run by the rich..it's the entire world.

I also don't think that women are portrayed as sex objects so much. The way I interpret the fact that we all like to see the girl use her sexuality blatantly is not because they are made to be sex objects..but it's okay for them to use this as their weapon. I think at the primal level, guys like girls and girls like guys. Simple as that...but...where society affects us is in the gender roles. The guy is the one who asks the girl out. So all a girl can do is do what she can to lure guys to her. The sexy clothes, the accessories, make-up, etc. So we fell into our roles and it snowballs from there. It's okay for guys to openly try to be, basically, a slut. Because it's natural for a man to be horny. It's those male hormones..sure, of course. Yet if a woman acts like a man, she's just that...a slut. So the compromise is that they get to be sexier in fashion/behavior/whatnot and we reserve the liberty to go and try our luck with them and if we score, we're one up..where as if the girl "gives it up", it's a win/lose situation. Yeah, you lured your guy..but now you gave it up and lost respect. But back to their sexiness: it's just snowballed and now we're trying to draw lines and limits as to when it's gone too far.

It's anybody's call.

Freddie

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