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Laura Wood's website at The Thinking Housewife has an interesting discussion on my two previous posts about women in powerful positions using their feminine assets to the extremes. Usually these women are in the entertainment/media fields. Although Sarah Palin, who seems to be an aspiring politician, also falls under this category.
Long, loose hair, enlarged breasts, ever-shortening skirts, ridiculously high heels, blonder hair, and make-up that is almost garish, seems to be characteristic of these women in positions of power.
I don’t think it is surprising that it is the "conservative" women of Fox News that have become these super women. Most conservative women do accept their femininity as apart and different from masculinity.
Yet, in any position of potential power, competition does come into play. And this competition is set by the best players in the field, who are men. Of course, the best way to compete is to get the job done better than your adversary. But surely, it must be tempting for these feminine women in the media, always in the limelight, to compete with their own specific weapons.
I think this is where all this ultra-femininity comes from. It is a feminized source of power, to gain the upper hand in this unfair competition. By using their feminine assets in full force, they can gain increased viewership, which increases their program’s ratings, which is ultimately what TV programs want. They are feminine feminists, at the end of the day.
There is definitely a streak of enhanced, aggressive femininity even in the ordinary world. I was recently testing a perfume at a department store. The young woman who was helping me declared that the one she recommends is "strong and feminine." Now, we’re talking about perfume here. Who wants a "strong" perfume? Feminine props have become weapons, not simply to enhance feminine attraction, but as a type of artillery.
