Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Megan Fox, feminism, nerds and the media transcript
Feminism, the media, the nerd community and Megan Fox
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Online I am known as DJRM.
I would like to talk to you tonight about some subjects that have been on my mind recently. These subjects include feminism, nerds, sitcoms, and Megan Fox. You may not agree with my observations about these things. I only wish to share what I have seen. And recently I have seen a bit of a double standard in the feminist material I read and I have seen some rather unbecoming behavior in the nerd community of which I consider myself a member.
To start things off I need to tell you about a double standard that has long existed in the media we take in everyday. There is no shortage of the media sexualizing women. The best example that leads into what I want to talk about is the American sitcom. On lots of sitcoms there is a teenage daughter. And there is often and episode or series of episodes or a running joke throughout the series about the teenage daughter’s sexuality. Usually the teenage daughter wants to dress in a more revealing fashion or engage in some activity the parent is worried could lead to a sexual situation and of course it is the job of the father figure on the show to protect the daughter and stop her from dressing or behaving in a manner that would suggest she has any sort of explicit sexuality.
And therein lies the double standard in the media of constantly sexualizing young women but at the same time sending the message that their sexuality if something to be feared, something to be hidden and never acknowledged.
Now there is no shortage of feminist sources that point out this double standard in the media we watch everyday.
And yet the feminist sources I have come across seem to do something similar to what I see in the media.
They vilify the media for this portrayal of female sexuality as something to be feared and yet many of the feminist sources themselves also refuse to acknowledge a young woman’s sexuality.
Now I understand they do not want women to be solely defined by sexuality or that they argue women should be recognized for more than that and I agree. But more often than not when a woman does try to take charge of her own sexuality that woman becomes a target for feminists.
This brings me to the next part of the presentation. Megan Fox.
Now I am not a huge fan of Megan Fox. As a man I recognize that she is a very attractive woman but I have seen no evidence that she is a greatly talented since the only films I have seen her in are the Transformers movies and those are not a great display of anyone’s talent except the robot animation team. Nice job robot computer animator people.
Now Megan Fox and the comments made about her by feminists and nerds lately are the perfect example of everything that is just wrong and… okay let me try to explain this.
Megan Fox is an attractive young woman that is not afraid of her own sexuality in fact she uses it. She uses her face, her body, her whole sexual being and she has done very well so far using her sexuality as a tool.
And because of this open willingness to own her sexuality she has become a target for many feminist sources I have seen.
Because while these feminist groups or commentators say that the media or government should not control a woman’s sexuality, that a woman should control her own sexuality, the moment any woman, god forbid a young attractive famous woman, tries to own her sexuality, that woman becomes a target for criticism by feminists.
And what for? Why condemn Megan Fox for taking control of her sexuality and using it to her advantage?
Is it because she does not look like a feminist?
Is it because she is working within the system that so many feminists revile?
Is it really so wrong for her to use that system to her advantage?
There is the argument that Megan Fox is portraying herself as a sexual object and that is a disservice to all women. And I can understand that. But what I have seen in the last few months goes well beyond that argument.
And what I have seen comes not just from feminists but from the nerd community as well. It’s like they are just looking for any reason they can get their hands on to hate Megan Fox.
Now the nerd community has been and continues to be a male dominated culture. But that is hardly an excuse for the disgusting behavior I have seen from my fellow nerds lately.
The nerd hate for Megan Fox began with the movie Transformers 2 revenge of the fallen. A lot of nerds including myself hate that movie with a passion. And there is no shortage of hate to go around but most of it I have seen has been directed at Megan Fox for some reason.
Why is that nerds?
Is it because she is so untalented that she alone ruined the movie?
There were plenty of other actors who gave much worse performances. There has been plenty of hate for leading man Shia Lebouf and director Michael Bay, but nowhere near the level of venom I have seen directed at Megan Fox.
Come on my fellow nerds why so eager to jump on the Megan Fox hate bandwagon?
I have seen people in the nerd community say some awfully nasty things about Megan Fox as recently as last night.
They say she looks like a porn star. And what’s your point? Does looking like a porn star make you less of a person? Whether anyone feminist or nerd wants to admit it, porn stars are people too? Yes I did just say that.
I have also seen nerds call Megan Fox a used up whore?
And how exactly do you come to that conclusion?
Exactly what has Megan Fox done other than take charge of her own sexuality that makes you call her a whore?
And don’t give me that bull that ‘hey we were just joking around man’
No you weren’t that kind of contempt does not come from nowhere.
So what is the reason? Where does all this nerd hate for Megan Fox come from?
And what is it about Megan Fox that offends you so much?
Is it because she is not only an attractive young woman, but an attractive young woman that is not afraid of her own sexuality?
Where as you and everyone else has been conditioned to think its okay to hate a woman for taking charge of her sexuality?
This leads into another reason why Megan Fox is the perfect example for what I am trying to say. Ever watched the sitcom Two and a Half Men? I don’t watch it but I once saw some clips from an episode on Youtube.
It was an episode guest staring Megan Fox. She played the housekeepers teenage granddaughter. This episode of Two and a Half Men more than any other episode of any sitcom or any show on television is a perfect example of the double standard in media of sexualizing a young woman coupled with this message of fear. The whole episode revolves around the two adult male characters doing their best to avoid viewing the girl as a sexual object while she is constantly displayed in a sexually suggestive manner.
Some might call it ironic that Megan Fox has gone on to great success using that same sexuality, or you might just call it depressing.
Whether you agree with me or not, there is one thing none of you can deny, Megan Fox is hot. She is way hotter than you. She is way hotter than me. And she knows it and she uses it and if you have a problem with that, then it is just that, your problem.
So here we are now. I’ve got my words out there for you to hear.
I can only wonder if this video will make any kind of impression.
And remember,
We all live on a yellow submarine.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Online I am known as DJRM.
I would like to talk to you tonight about some subjects that have been on my mind recently. These subjects include feminism, nerds, sitcoms, and Megan Fox. You may not agree with my observations about these things. I only wish to share what I have seen. And recently I have seen a bit of a double standard in the feminist material I read and I have seen some rather unbecoming behavior in the nerd community of which I consider myself a member.
To start things off I need to tell you about a double standard that has long existed in the media we take in everyday. There is no shortage of the media sexualizing women. The best example that leads into what I want to talk about is the American sitcom. On lots of sitcoms there is a teenage daughter. And there is often and episode or series of episodes or a running joke throughout the series about the teenage daughter’s sexuality. Usually the teenage daughter wants to dress in a more revealing fashion or engage in some activity the parent is worried could lead to a sexual situation and of course it is the job of the father figure on the show to protect the daughter and stop her from dressing or behaving in a manner that would suggest she has any sort of explicit sexuality.
And therein lies the double standard in the media of constantly sexualizing young women but at the same time sending the message that their sexuality if something to be feared, something to be hidden and never acknowledged.
Now there is no shortage of feminist sources that point out this double standard in the media we watch everyday.
And yet the feminist sources I have come across seem to do something similar to what I see in the media.
They vilify the media for this portrayal of female sexuality as something to be feared and yet many of the feminist sources themselves also refuse to acknowledge a young woman’s sexuality.
Now I understand they do not want women to be solely defined by sexuality or that they argue women should be recognized for more than that and I agree. But more often than not when a woman does try to take charge of her own sexuality that woman becomes a target for feminists.
This brings me to the next part of the presentation. Megan Fox.
Now I am not a huge fan of Megan Fox. As a man I recognize that she is a very attractive woman but I have seen no evidence that she is a greatly talented since the only films I have seen her in are the Transformers movies and those are not a great display of anyone’s talent except the robot animation team. Nice job robot computer animator people.
Now Megan Fox and the comments made about her by feminists and nerds lately are the perfect example of everything that is just wrong and… okay let me try to explain this.
Megan Fox is an attractive young woman that is not afraid of her own sexuality in fact she uses it. She uses her face, her body, her whole sexual being and she has done very well so far using her sexuality as a tool.
And because of this open willingness to own her sexuality she has become a target for many feminist sources I have seen.
Because while these feminist groups or commentators say that the media or government should not control a woman’s sexuality, that a woman should control her own sexuality, the moment any woman, god forbid a young attractive famous woman, tries to own her sexuality, that woman becomes a target for criticism by feminists.
And what for? Why condemn Megan Fox for taking control of her sexuality and using it to her advantage?
Is it because she does not look like a feminist?
Is it because she is working within the system that so many feminists revile?
Is it really so wrong for her to use that system to her advantage?
There is the argument that Megan Fox is portraying herself as a sexual object and that is a disservice to all women. And I can understand that. But what I have seen in the last few months goes well beyond that argument.
And what I have seen comes not just from feminists but from the nerd community as well. It’s like they are just looking for any reason they can get their hands on to hate Megan Fox.
Now the nerd community has been and continues to be a male dominated culture. But that is hardly an excuse for the disgusting behavior I have seen from my fellow nerds lately.
The nerd hate for Megan Fox began with the movie Transformers 2 revenge of the fallen. A lot of nerds including myself hate that movie with a passion. And there is no shortage of hate to go around but most of it I have seen has been directed at Megan Fox for some reason.
Why is that nerds?
Is it because she is so untalented that she alone ruined the movie?
There were plenty of other actors who gave much worse performances. There has been plenty of hate for leading man Shia Lebouf and director Michael Bay, but nowhere near the level of venom I have seen directed at Megan Fox.
Come on my fellow nerds why so eager to jump on the Megan Fox hate bandwagon?
I have seen people in the nerd community say some awfully nasty things about Megan Fox as recently as last night.
They say she looks like a porn star. And what’s your point? Does looking like a porn star make you less of a person? Whether anyone feminist or nerd wants to admit it, porn stars are people too? Yes I did just say that.
I have also seen nerds call Megan Fox a used up whore?
And how exactly do you come to that conclusion?
Exactly what has Megan Fox done other than take charge of her own sexuality that makes you call her a whore?
And don’t give me that bull that ‘hey we were just joking around man’
No you weren’t that kind of contempt does not come from nowhere.
So what is the reason? Where does all this nerd hate for Megan Fox come from?
And what is it about Megan Fox that offends you so much?
Is it because she is not only an attractive young woman, but an attractive young woman that is not afraid of her own sexuality?
Where as you and everyone else has been conditioned to think its okay to hate a woman for taking charge of her sexuality?
This leads into another reason why Megan Fox is the perfect example for what I am trying to say. Ever watched the sitcom Two and a Half Men? I don’t watch it but I once saw some clips from an episode on Youtube.
It was an episode guest staring Megan Fox. She played the housekeepers teenage granddaughter. This episode of Two and a Half Men more than any other episode of any sitcom or any show on television is a perfect example of the double standard in media of sexualizing a young woman coupled with this message of fear. The whole episode revolves around the two adult male characters doing their best to avoid viewing the girl as a sexual object while she is constantly displayed in a sexually suggestive manner.
Some might call it ironic that Megan Fox has gone on to great success using that same sexuality, or you might just call it depressing.
Whether you agree with me or not, there is one thing none of you can deny, Megan Fox is hot. She is way hotter than you. She is way hotter than me. And she knows it and she uses it and if you have a problem with that, then it is just that, your problem.
So here we are now. I’ve got my words out there for you to hear.
I can only wonder if this video will make any kind of impression.
And remember,
We all live on a yellow submarine.
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