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iverglas

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7. I think there is a connection

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 09:36 PM

Jan 2012

It's about the "male gaze", which is the premise the source starts out with.

We have to self-examine too, y'know.

Play the game of presenting ourselves to meet the male gaze in a way that meets with male approval (or approval by the standard it applies), or not?

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Lingerie Football Youth League: Fun Porn Aesthetics and Male Domination for Kids! [View all] redqueen Jan 2012 OP

why do women choose to put colored mud on their faces to please men? "make up" is a billion $$ msongs Jan 2012 #1

It's a cultural norm. redqueen Jan 2012 #2

May I ask how that relates to Lingerie Football, or the new Lingerie Football Youth League? redqueen Jan 2012 #3

women wear makeup for men, women wear lingerie and play football for men. that is what women seabeyond Jan 2012 #4

This is what a few women do for strangers, for money. redqueen Jan 2012 #5

of course not. but then, i was answering the purpose of makeup on a thread about lfl. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #6

I think there is a connection iverglas Jan 2012 #7

True, there is a connection, but one is far more a part of fitting in with society. redqueen Feb 2012 #8

Split feelings on this. Kurska Feb 2012 #9

It is too bad that they can't play dressed in football attire Nikia Feb 2012 #10