Comments on: Mary Louise Parker’s Bitter Nudity http://www.kidglue.com/2009/05/19/mary-louise-parkers-bitter-nudity/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.kidglue.com/2009/05/19/mary-louise-parkers-bitter-nudity/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Kate Thu, 21 May 2009 17:38:58 +0000 http://www.kidglue.com/?p=5508#comment-775 I agree with your point on self-confidence and that beauty does indeed come in many different packages, but I'm not so sure that was what left MLP with feelings of regret. Rather, I think she felt somewhat objectified. In the interview she mentions she was surprised that that particular scene was still frequently viewed by large swaths of the population. Maybe you're right and that made her embarrassed, but I think our society has just as great (if not greater) problem with objectifying women, and that that was the real reason for her regret. Just because you are beautiful (and she certainly is), doesn't mean you should show the whole world. Modesty for modesty's sake is no fun, but at the same time -- you have to be careful out there. I agree with your point on self-confidence and that beauty does indeed come in many different packages, but I’m not so sure that was what left MLP with feelings of regret. Rather, I think she felt somewhat objectified. In the interview she mentions she was surprised that that particular scene was still frequently viewed by large swaths of the population.

Maybe you’re right and that made her embarrassed, but I think our society has just as great (if not greater) problem with objectifying women, and that that was the real reason for her regret.

Just because you are beautiful (and she certainly is), doesn’t mean you should show the whole world. Modesty for modesty’s sake is no fun, but at the same time — you have to be careful out there.

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