Girls Gone Vile

In a world that is in desperate need of strong, secure, and confident women of character, it is disappointing and disheartening to see those young women who still find their sense of worth and value by letting men use their body for their sexual pleasure.

Humankind has a five thousand year history of valuing women for the sexual benefit they provide men whether for sexual stimulation or for childbearing, so it is not surprising that there are still women who hold to this idea. Nevertheless, in today's world, where women are beginning to experience equality and humanness like never before, it is sad to see the remains of a less civilized and aware world.

What the media portrays as a raunchy, sordid, tawdry, yet fun filled and exciting week of drunkenness, sexual exploitation, and crass salaciousness, (often referred to as Spring Break), is in reality a time where once again, women are encouraged to cater to the primitive needs of less that decent guys to give themselves a sense of value and worth.

What may be advertised as great fun is often filled with unwanted drugs, rape, sexually transmitted disease, unwanted pregnancies, and horrific sickness, not to mention regrets and lowered self esteem after the initial "high" is gone.

While the need for young women to derive a sense of self through the value they feel they are to some men, may not go away anytime soon, my hope is that there will come a time when women will find value in themselves without the need to exploit themselves.

As women come to embrace a true sense of self, independent of the sexual pleasure they provide men, they will come to discover they are valuable as human beings. They will come to know that their worth is not about their form but about who they are as a person. They will feel great about themselves not because a man likes to look at them but because they are a creative, unique, strong human being!

More and more I see strong, vibrant, and healthy women filling the world with their knowledge, experience, and confidence. Women who have no need to exploit themselves to feel strong, secure, and valued.

Perhaps with these fabulous examples, young women will be encouraged to follow in their footsteps.

Perhaps in time, society will stop encouraging women to remain as subservient, diminished human beings, and applaud and celebrate women for their accomplishments and contributions to a world in need of their unique gifts.