r_ness: This may be a statement of the obvious...

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r_ness) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 23:25:00

This may be a statement of the obvious...
...but I'm finding Las Vegas to be ground zero for the glorification of money and the objectification of women.

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	awfief 2008-04-30 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	The cool part is that that's just the touristy side. The people who live there all are in "the industry", so it's not a big deal if, for instance, a Las Vegas schoolteacher is into BDSM...the parents don't freak out, because the parents are probably strippers or bartenders or dealers ....... (Reply to this)

	drbitch 2008-04-30 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	Everything is a commodity there. I've referred to the place as "powered by greed," both horrifying and fascinating in the train-wreck sense. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	r_ness 2008-04-30 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. I also liked what you said earlier about Las Vegas being an "amazing simulacrum of a town". The Strip and associated tourist neighborhoods are like an enormous set, with the rest of the city backstage. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	belfrynotes 2008-04-30 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	If only it were the other way 'round. I have no problem with the objectification of money or the glorification of women. (Reply to this)

koshmom
2008-04-30 04:30 pm UTC (link)

Having been there last week, I agree. There are some casinos that don't have the "uber-teensey waitress costumes" but apparently if you are female but aren't young and skinny and tallish, you are useless as any kind of person to interact with the public.

Have you gotten to the Hilton to do the Star Trek Experience yet? If not, do so! Klingon is better than the Borg, but both are fun.

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r_ness
2008-04-30 05:56 pm UTC (link)

apparently if you are female but aren't young and skinny and tallish, you are useless as any kind of person to interact with the public.

Or to have your likeness on any kind of publicity.

It was the ubiquity of the public imagery depicting those "young and skinny and tallish" women selling everything from gambling to shopping malls to prostitution that really made me post.

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