Maureen Doolan's Page

In response to the post regarding Lady Gaga's perfume launch, which appeared in the usual style of Gaga where mysongyny is celebrated and embraced by women. The rationale behind Gaga and her antics (apart from courting controversy) is that if we own and particiapte in our own degradation women are somehow more sexually liberated and powerful!!!  The inevitable off-shoot of the acceptance of female objectification by women, is the troubling phenomenon of self sexual objectification, or self…See More

Thank goodness for academics and researchers like Gail Dines. As a fellow academic and Gender studies teacher I have been following her work and am very much looking forward to hearing her speak in Melbourne tomorrow night. The sad truth, as Dines explains, is that very few women actually realise what their sons, brothers, partners and fathers are watching and many of those who do see no problem and what's worse no connection between pornography, (much of which degrades, humiliates and…See More