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After reading "Sex R Us" and "Black Sexual Politics", I was once again struck by the truth to these articles. In Douglas's "Sex r Us" chapter, she goes into detail about women being sex objects and gives many examples to support this thesis. She talks about Victoria Secret, Toddlers in Tiaras, Cosmopolitan, t.v shows, Calvin Klein and Abercrombie commercials, and much more. I thought that Toddlers and Tiaras and Cosmopolitan were the best examples of the corruption and manipulation of sexual freedom. The fact that 4 and 5 year olds are prancing around stage in sexy outfits is a scary thought. Not only are they in scandalous outfits but they also have makeup pounded on their face. Some of them move their hips in the talent show as if they are trying to be sexy, but the truth is they not only shouldn't know how to dance like that, but they also shouldn't know what make up and being "sexy" is.

Cosmopolitan has gone completely downhill over the years. In 1992 the headlines of the cover were titles such as, "How to make him like you as much as you like him", "How to get over a bad love affair", and "how to survive being dumped". Now every single headline title has to do with sex, "99 SEX FACTS YOUVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE", "BE A SEX GENIUS" and "Little mouth moves that make sex hotter." As a 19 year old women, I still feel uncomfortable reading these magazine titles. The scary part about Cosmopolitan is that ANYONE can read it. A 6-year-old could walk into a store and by this magazine. Actions must be taken to stop the corruption of young children. I think that if anything, you must be 18 or older to read the magazine. How come playboy has this frame on their magazine? Cosmo is informing teenagers around the world how to have sex and is influencing them to start to be sexually action even earlier now a days because the magazine writers make it seem like it is a social norm.

In 2005, a Victoria Secret opened in Tyson's Corner in Mclean Virginia. People were appalled and offended when walking by the store because the owner had a scandalous scene of manikins in the front of the store. One manikin was faced buttocks outwards in a feather thong bending over to fix her heel. 2 other female manikins were on a bed one legs spread and the other climbing over to her. This display was risky because it had the detrimental effect of teenagers thinking that is what they should look like.

In "Black Sexual Politics" the issue of sexual freedom among the black community is brought up. The article argues that black women no how to work it and can't be handled because they are untouchable. The stereotype of black women have booties is brought up and talked about hand in hand with sexual freedom.