Saturday 26 May 2012

US Olympic athlete saving herself for future husband a kick in the face to feminism

I read this article on The Telegraph yesterday "US athlete Lolo Jones says being a virgin is 'harder than training for the Olympics'" (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/us-athlete-lolo-jones-says-being-a-virgin-is-harder-than-training-for-the-olympics/story-fn9dirj0-1226365776692).
First when I started reading it I thought oh okay she's a virgin and the guys are being idiots. But then I read forward and I realized that she was "saving herself" to her future husband. I think that is ridiculously stupid thing to do. Let me explain why.

You wouldn't buy a car without test driving it, right? You also wouldn't buy an expensive dress without trying it on. So why would you marry a man without having sex with him first? Trust me you will end up like Charlotte in Sex and the City when she married Trey - divorced. So how was that a good solution?
Also, how likely is it that the man has been saving himself for you as well. I would say not likely at all and if he tells you he has I think he might not be not telling the truth. Just saying. The fact that you have such beliefs that you are giving your future husband a gift of virginity is bullshit. What kind of bloody (literally) gift is that? Very backwards I would say.

How can we criticize cultures that make their women wear headscarves when basically saving yourself for your husband is nearly exactly the same thing. They both are men's ideas because they don't want to share their wifes with the rest of the world. They can show their looks and sleep around but in both cases women can't because of their future husbands."Miss Jones admitted to the program that she has been tempted to have sex in the past."  The other ones are saving their beautiful hair and bodies for their men so that only their husband can enjoy them and the other one is saving her virginity despite her own needs choosing her future husband's "gift" over her own pleasure. Her opinion and her story is hurtful to hear for a woman from the 21st century. Her beliefs are a kick in the face to feminism.

The low point of her story is that how desperate she is for a boyfriend. "- - she has tried using various online dating sites as well as Twitter in an attempt to seek out a boyfriend." She is the worst example of a woman of this era. A sad case really. I am not criticizing her amazing life story and great achievements I give her full credit for those but as a woman. . . I am ashamed of her.
 Men that really love you don't care if you are a virgin or not and men that really love you don't hide you and cover your face from rest of the world. Have we not learned that yet. Why are we still acting like we are their property and not equals. It's not even the men in the western culture who are making us do these things, it's women themselves. How bad is that? WOMEN WAKE UP!

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