Friday, December 25, 2009
My letter published in the ARTS section The New York Times re: Women and how far we have not come
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E1D61531F936A3575AC0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&scp=1&sq=Suzannah%20B.%20Troy%20porn&st=cse
To the Editor:
Re ''What Women Want to Watch'' by Susan Dominus [Aug. 29]:
Mae West for President!
In some cultures women are forced to cover their bodies from head to toe; in ours we are covered from head to toe in shame, guilt, fear and self-rejection.
For all the modernization and freedom we enjoy, Mae West still seems to be from the future. Until we can feel comfortable with our bodies -- and understand that they come in one size only: beautiful -- we will be impeded from enjoying our sexuality.
SUZANNAH B. TROY
New York
To the Editor:
Re ''What Women Want to Watch'' by Susan Dominus [Aug. 29]:
Mae West for President!
In some cultures women are forced to cover their bodies from head to toe; in ours we are covered from head to toe in shame, guilt, fear and self-rejection.
For all the modernization and freedom we enjoy, Mae West still seems to be from the future. Until we can feel comfortable with our bodies -- and understand that they come in one size only: beautiful -- we will be impeded from enjoying our sexuality.
SUZANNAH B. TROY
New York