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Worth reading Sara’s post and the original post and comments thread. I think this happens often with any sexuality topic. This is not specifically related to Jen Fong but my perception of how the topic of sex is treated, which is that it’s seen as somehow “less than,” cheap and easy, as in, “sex sells” (please see my royalty statements if you want the truth on that score), somehow base or obscene, etc. I think there’s also an idea, expressed in the comments, that some women want to “rise above” sex and sexuality, which in some ways is understandable, as women’s sexuality has been used to, in some settings, link women only to sex. But the answer to that larger societal issue of whether a woman’s body is always used to indicate sex or whether women aren’t taken seriously in certain professions is not to malign other women in the name of “progress.” Taking issue with Sara’s (or anyone’s) comedy is one thing, but using your dislike of it to call her “not smart” is insulting to all women.
Got a great response in the room from people laughing their asses off at a new media expo I was featured at the other night. Some of the folks in the room who didn’t laugh apparently were enraged. One seemingly smart, successful woman named Jen Fong apparently decided that my use of naughty…
