So very true. My life changed for the better after I read Foucault.
I should add, however, that most of the "shaming" in Tuscaloosa is aimed at girls like me that don't wear make-up or visit tanning beds or try to look like they walked off a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills show. Many of the female virgins I know also dress very provocatively and care deeply about their appearance. Obviously, they are not *advertiser censored*. So "*advertiser censored* shaming" should be limited to discussions in which we are referring to girls being persecuted for the sexual activity.
Maybe what we mean is "vanity". There are some females that are more vain than others. There are some males that are more vain than others. RH was fairly vain for a dude, though he was not a metrosexual by any stretch of the word. Metros get manis.
BBM
If what I stated is taken in context, it is very clear that I was limiting it to that because I was speaking too
diagnosing a woman with a disorder based on her "flashy appearance" and her perceived provocative and sexual mannerisms. The very basis of Histrionic Disorder absolutely rings of "*advertiser censored* shaming", which is why men are more likely to be diagnosed with NPD and ASPD and women BPD (unstable)and HPD.(overtly "sexual" attention seeking flashy appearance).
Ross cared about his appearance, his was obsessive about his hair. I think a friend (Ben) said he couldn't have a "hair out of place" and had always been that way. As the O/P mentioned her psychiatrist friend had a term for it, "psychopathic hair". In Ross' case, I think it has more to do with possibly being ASPD, as they are experts at maintaining their "image" to others, charismatically and outward appearance. Narcissists don't "use their appearance" to get attention, they are just shallow by nature of their disorder, and usually shallow about everything...not just hair. And they lack empathy and exploit others. I think Ross has both ASPD and NPD.
As far as the appearance of other women, virgins or not, I just personally am against judging any of them in a negative way whether they preen, tan, or wear a lot of makeup I equally do not like to judge if they have more understated and conservative appearances. That is their choice either way. But to diagnose any woman based on her jewelery, clothing, and or sexual "mannerisms" is holding her to an outdated puritan standard, and is just ridiculously sexist to me and to a lot of others. I also think there is nothing wrong with a man that is "metrosexual" or gets manis or pedis or cares about his clothing. I'm not into rigid gender roles as they are social construct and are used against people all of the time if they are not rank and file what society expects their "gender" to behave or be. Which brings me right back to diagnosing a woman for being "histrionic" "dramatic", "Flashy" or "overtly sexual" There is a patriarchal and archaic attitude in the diagnosis itself. It's a label.
And you are right, every one's level of maintaining appearance and grooming is unique to the individual and different. I think RH was just very arrogant and lacked a conscience. The amount of women he was "sexting" and meeting up with was to feed his giant, overinflated ego. :moo: