Sexist Mexico!
April 30, 2008
I have just returned from a glorious week in Mexico.
Now, although I was happy and rather relieved not to experience any sort of sexism within the group I was over there with – whether it be in the form of sexist ‘banter’, sexist language, comments or behaviour (and there was around forty of us mainly around the age of 30) – the ‘no topless bathing’ signs scattered about on our resort was a stark reminder that you can’t escape sexism wherever you go.
Why is this, exactly? Why am I not allowed to be free like men are? What is so shameful about my breasts I was asking myself?
It’s either because they are something so sexualised that they are considered something taboo, something naughty, something dirty, something ‘adult’ that belongs only within the confines of some sort of sexual scenario? Or, they are thought of as disgusting as their real purpose is to breastfeed? Or they are just seen as disgusting?
Can someone enlighten me why society still thinks it necessary that women have to cover their breasts on a hot day when men can roam free?
Answers on a postcard please!
