Comments on: Have We No Shame? http://ontapblog.com/2006/06/20/have-we-no-shame/ Not Looking Out For You Since 2006 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Argivus http://ontapblog.com/2006/06/20/have-we-no-shame/#comment-1323 Argivus Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:02:30 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2006/06/20/have-we-no-shame/#comment-1323 I have never heard this said but I believe one of the side effects of feminism was the lowering of the influence of middle-aged and older women, and those were the folks who, in their home-based lives, decided who to include and who to exclude. These women "of a certain age" had a power of social ostracism before feminism and TV that they do not have now. In a world where the most significant space is the virtual space of "coverage" and "publicity" and NOT the social space in someone's personal house...shamelessness has become more common. I have never heard this said but I believe one of the side effects of feminism was the lowering of the influence of middle-aged and older women, and those were the folks who, in their home-based lives, decided who to include and who to exclude. These women “of a certain age” had a power of social ostracism before feminism and TV that they do not have now.

In a world where the most significant space is the virtual space of “coverage” and “publicity” and NOT the social space in someone’s personal house…shamelessness has become more common.

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