Bimbo No More

The archetype of the bimbo is not far from that of the prostitute. A bimbo is thought of as a stupid attractive woman of questionable morals. That is, she uses her sexuality to get ahead, much the way a prostitute "sells" her sexuality to get economically ahead.

I see a problem here. The problem is not that intellect is something that one should flaunt. Presented with that idea, I would simply propose that women are on average smarter than men because men think about sex more and thus are less capable of focusing on the important intellectual things. Of course, that would sound downright misandrist and somewhat questionable. Not that it is a far cry from the things leveled against women that are taken as "fact".

The problem is that sexuality has become something that is deemed by our society to need to be closely guarded. Virginity is highly prized. Selling of the "body" (really merely selling sexual favours unless one is unfortunate enough to feel attachment) is met with scorn. Getting ahead with one's natural sexual attractiveness is somehow inferior to getting ahead with one's intellect. All this is a proposition to keep the female "self" for the male. Sexual and relational commitment must be reserved for one's husband, and virginity should never be lost before marriage. The "right" way to get ahead in life is through one's skills and not one's sexuality.

Perhaps some will not see a problem in basically being told to keep one natural aspect of the self shackled simply because others said so. And it is not necessarily a "natural" aspect that is brutal like going out there and killing things. I am for commitment and sexual fidelity, of course. The problem is that sexual fidelity works both ways. How strange, then, that a man who is a virgin up till the day of marriage is...not highly respected. A woman's intellect that is automatically discredited due to her gender becomes a commonplace thing.

It was found that an identical resume slapped with a female name would lose credibility in the eyes of recruiters. How, then, is a woman to use intellect properly in the face of opposition such as this? In the absence of due respect for a woman's intellect, what more is there left for a bimbo to get ahead with? Oh heaven forbid it to be her sexuality...