Sexism at Rocky
Oct. 31st, 2006 05:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jrisingElaina is quitting the show for a variety of reasons, but the relevant one is sexism at Rocky. She convinced me that the problem is extensive, but I don't know how to respect those concerns and still encourage the individual creative talents and sexualities of our members and the boundary-pushing of the show. But I think we can find a way, and enjoy our work better for reaching for it.
Sexism has become a party-crashing term. People worry that if they acknowledge it, it will make every decision more difficult and force us to be more conservative. It shouldn't. Sexism itself-- the faulty societally-ingrained role preconceptions we have-- is inherently incredibly conservative and creativity-blocking. By harboring it, we cripple the sexual and individual potential of our members.
I think that the best solution to the sexism problem has to do with promoting an attitude at the show, not by making rules, and I think we can do it, because we're strong, freely-sexual people who want to promote sexual equality. This attitude would be characterized by honest recognition of how our actions and shows play out sexual stereotypes, and the constant search for what's beyond them.
One aspect of this attitude might be that men at Rocky would be encouraged (expected) to put themselves on sexual display as much as women. It will make us better men. Another is that we should consider the sexism-jostling potential of our preshows. We can get more out of challenging our audience than playing to its fantasies.
Next week: How to get the most out of a rape fantasy...
Sexism has become a party-crashing term. People worry that if they acknowledge it, it will make every decision more difficult and force us to be more conservative. It shouldn't. Sexism itself-- the faulty societally-ingrained role preconceptions we have-- is inherently incredibly conservative and creativity-blocking. By harboring it, we cripple the sexual and individual potential of our members.
I think that the best solution to the sexism problem has to do with promoting an attitude at the show, not by making rules, and I think we can do it, because we're strong, freely-sexual people who want to promote sexual equality. This attitude would be characterized by honest recognition of how our actions and shows play out sexual stereotypes, and the constant search for what's beyond them.
One aspect of this attitude might be that men at Rocky would be encouraged (expected) to put themselves on sexual display as much as women. It will make us better men. Another is that we should consider the sexism-jostling potential of our preshows. We can get more out of challenging our audience than playing to its fantasies.
Next week: How to get the most out of a rape fantasy...
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Date: 2006-10-31 07:05 pm (UTC)Yes, men and women are unequal, and I *love* looking at women, and I don't know if men strutting their stuff can ever be as good. But I don't think we try that much. Even if women are doing everything totally voluntarily, we can't let it become an expectation that if someone is going to put themselves on display, it'll be a woman.
I'm not proposing putting pressures on guys because I think there should be a *new* pressure at Rocky. Rocky drives people to be sexual, whatever equipment you have. But currently it does it so differently for men and women as to be insulting.
And I do plan on doing some role-modeling in this, including finding some preshows and dressing up more for the show. And I want to do a sexy-guy striptease trixie sometime soon, but I need to learn how first.
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Date: 2006-10-31 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-31 09:23 pm (UTC)"Encouraging" is like, "hey, give this a try, you might like it. Seriously. Comooon. No? okay, okay."
"Expecting" is more like... "Yo, get naked or you suck and dont belong here."