What's the first thing you see when you log onto Myspace?
A couple nights ago, I was reading an article about how American culture is permeating to other countries, and with it, the image of a "beautiful woman." I read that in the Philippines, billboards display provocatively-dressed girls. In Middle Eastern countries, women try to model the sexy figures they see in Hollywood-produced films and TV shows.
Several Muslims replied to the article, explaining that their religion does not tolerate such a sexual portrayal of women. That's why their women are dressed modestly. I am a Christian who believes similarly, that beauty is not seen with the eyes but the heart; by promoting such an unhealthy view of women, we develop filters around our eyes to only see them as bodies, as flesh.
On the same note, the pornography industry makes more money than football, baseball, basketball, and several other sports franchises combined. At my college, a bulletin board contained facts on the topic, and one conclusion was that with the rise of pornography, a social injustice has dramatically risen, too: Rape.
This returns me to my question. What do you see all throughout Myspace? I see advertisements. Half the time, they portray women in bikinis and suggestive poses. These pictures are fed into our generation and the generation after us. What will our country look like, our eyes blinded by these pictures?
I don't like stating problems without solutions. On an individual level, I think prayer is important. I constantly need help from God to cleanse my view of women, to restore it to a healthy one where I see them as not as bodies, but as people, as God's children.
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