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In reply to the discussion: For those women who think objectifying women as sex objects is OK [View all]RBStevens
(227 posts)in generalized, sexualized male attention. In fact I think that most girls aren't until *culture* (not puberty) starts making an impact on their daily lives. And the culture now is decidedly even more brazenly sexually objectifying towards girls/women than at any time in the past.
According to my mom she never really cared for men/boys at all but she did want to be able to do the things they were allowed to do. It was also expected of her to get married and have kids so she did even though she wasn't real wild about either of those *occupations*. That's why I am so baffled that she cares so much about male attention. The upside (if we can call it that) is that at least these days girls don't necessarily have to believe that they have to get married and have kids in order to be, well, a woman.