Shirts and Skins

The discussion this morning in Media Writing was on a controversial t-shirt a woman developed and is distributing with "I was raped" on it. I believe people should be able to wear whatever they want, no matter what's on it. It's about what the shirt means and conveys rather than what it says. Jennifer Baumgardner, the creator of the shirt, says it's supposed to be empowering for women. I can see how it could be but I can also see how some people wouldn't wear it. For example, a shirt with Hitler on it might be construed by some people as offensive, while at the same time other people would wear it.

The comments section is always an interesting place. You get a lot of people who try and seem like their opinion is more important or more correct than other peoples' and that their the high ruler or whatever of them. Some people truly just don't get it though and make a point of being retarded idiots. For example, Mr. Chuck Adkins I think was a little off the money in comments. What do you expect though from far right wing nuts. He thinks she's doing it just for the money and that she looks like "some two bit whore." He makes a point of saying women should dress less provocatively. Since I'm a guy, saying he's wrong about that might be misconstrued as just me wanting women to wear less clothes. Honestly, I'm not gonna deny that does play into it. However, some women feel empowered by dressing a certain way. Strippers are thought to be dirty and sinful but some women do it because it gives them confidence and empowers them. Bottom line, this isn't the 1800's and you can't control what women wear.

Basically I think this boils down to freedom of expression and the only people that are against that are individuals that don't want to think for themselves.