Blog 25

Blog 25

I believe sexualized behavior is used as a weapon in just about every facet of life. We are talking right now more about the legal field, so I will go there for a while. I have been in two courtrooms in my lifetime (52 years). One time I was there as a potential juror and the second time I was there as an observer for another Justice Studies class I was enrolled in. I saw a marked difference in the messages the females attorneys were trying to convey as to what the male attorneys were trying to convey. The male attorneys were dressed in dark pinstriped suits both times. Both times the women were dressed in suits that had very tight skirts and very tight jackets. To me, I felt it was quite obvious these women were relying not so much on their true legal talents, but on their bodily attributes to get them ahead in the courtroom and win their case.
My wife and I watch a TV show on Sunday nights called Drop Dead Diva. This show revolves around a female attorney who actually has someone else living in her body. That someone else is the dead girlfriend of one of the male attorneys in the office. The attorney is full figured with long, dark hair. The girlfriend that now inhabits her body used to be a blonde model that wore very tight, very skimpy clothing. The female attorney was supposedly a very intelligent but not very nice woman before the transformation. The model was portrayed as the stereotyped dumb blonde. In that show is another female attorney who would give anything to have a fling with the male attorney who is the former boyfriend of the dead model. She uses sexualized behavior routinely. Her skirts are short and tight and her tops are tight and often show a considerable amount of cleavage. She thinks this is how she has to be to get ahead in the office and in the courtroom.
Unfortunately, I believe sexualized behavior is here to stay from both men and women. It is so embedded in our society that it may never be able to fly away.

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