Therein lies my dilemma: in items like the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Not to mention every Cosmo, episode of the L Word, innocent trip to Victoria Secret and so on and so on and so on. Which side wins out? I wouldn’t say I’m an outright feminist, but as a woman, a future professional, etc, I would say I certainly have a respect for women. I believe we deserve equal rights, are equally capable, shouldn’t have to change ourselves to function in the business/professional world, etc. Additionally, I don’t think women should degrade (or have to degrade) themselves, especially not for anyone else’s pleasure. I know, on an intellectual level, that there’s nothing sexy or attractive about a Sports Illustrated or a Victoria Secret model… but….
Then I have this lesbian level… or, that’s not really fair, we call it (somewhat less eloquently) the very interested in women level… on that level, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue… or Victoria Secret or Frederick’s or the L Word, or any of that…. In fact I find them all quite enjoyable– and then of course I’m racked with the guilt of my feminist self…
It’s just not fair, lol. And our I’m simply too shallow… but that doesn’t sound pleasant. So I’m going to leave it that it is an unfair difficulty to be consumed (as a woman) with women’s rights and yet unavoidably attracted to the insulting. *sigh*, the plight of the morally corrupt (and/or human 
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