Cameron's use of textiles, with its gentle irony and humour, critiques culturally dominant narratives of the virgin /
whore dichotomy by conflating them.
Perhaps what we're seeing with wedding dresses with super low cleavage, she adds, are dresses that dismantle the tired old virgin /
whore dichotomy.
It undercuts the madonna /
whore dichotomy that is at the root of so much breastfeeding bias.
Which is exactly what purity culture does, because it perpetuates rape culture, as well as the virgin /
whore dichotomy.
It wasn't a formal feminist education that introduced me to the whole virgin /
whore dichotomy.
Miley isn't exactly forging thought the underbrush, bushwhacking a new trail here... I think that this is less a virgin /
whore dichotomy issue than it is not seeing her as being a grown up.
I think the virgin /
whore dichotomy is very much apart of our culture but you bring up a good point.