karen
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 5:14 am
Hi Jack. Nice to meet you.

I'm Karen from Liverpool, England.
Since we last spoak (yeah, I know!) I got born, grew up in really rather difficult circumstances, and, eventually, after many long years of learning to come to terms, I got strong. Yay me!
As a young man you may not realise exactly why your signature is offensive to women, but I have to tell you that it is.
Sweety, on a personal level I've been the subject of mens sexual fantasies all my life, from family members, from the media, in the school yard, in the work place, (on and on the list goes).
I now know that the placement of women in the role of sex object, whiles making her responsible for male sexual responses begins very early in life for both genders.
And seemingly innocent banter (which is the way I think you regard you signature) goes so much deeper than one might imagine because it pervades so many aspects of western society. Our societies are geared towards telling women (girls) how to look and act in order to please, and gain the approval of, men.
As a psychology major I'm sure you can appreciate how a person may be affected by constantly being presented with the same message throughout their formative years.
The sexual objectification of women is a sickness in our respective societies which it is our responsibility to address. Your signature, whilst I'm sure you love it, is representative of that sickness.
Not only that, but it is personally offensive to me (and I dare say other women on this forum).
That is why I'm asking you to change it.
I hope you're not offended by this request, as I'm quite sure you meant no offense yourself in choosing this signature.
Thank you for reading.