Personal Perspective: When did wearing a bikini become the test for being empowered and supporting other women?
Eavesdropping on public transportation is one of my favorite pastimes. It’s also a great way to study our culture. I recently overheard two 20-something women talk about their summer plans. And, as luck would have it, the topic of conversation while I traveled with them happened to be bikinis. A snippet and to the hours we’ve been willing to spend in bikini boot camps —thewe’re willing to devote to making ourselves into a shape and size that’s desirable.
Many women don’t like wearing bikinis because they’re uncomfortable, difficult to swim in, and require a great deal of adjusting/futsing to keep them in place—or they just don’t feel comfortable wearing a bra and underwear in public. The point is, whether we wear or don’t wear a bikini, for whatever reason, need not be a test of ourWhether our model for female empowerment looks “for” or “against” the male-oriented power structure that limits women is, to some degree, irrelevant.
But the question begs: Is it even possible to define ourselves, for ourselves, not in agreement or resistance to the model we know? We’ve been marinated in the same thinking and belief systems as those who created the system; we are alsoit.
We’ve certainly been offered different models for woman-hood: the long wavy-haired, ever-fertile woman, twirling in her flowing skirt wearing a crown of wildflowers, guided by feminine, wears it out loud, and rejects whatever it evokes.
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