#4 Response to "Most Likely to Succeed" and essay topic

In Gladwell's "Most Likely to Succeed," I found the way he set up his argument was very effective.  Although it was risky, I enjoyed how he proved his point about the questionable ways teachers are hired with Dan Shonka's first hand experience of scouting and selecting players for the NFL.  That was his strongest research point because strategies are different from a college game to an NFL game, or a student teacher atmosphere to the real thing.  This makes a great deal of sense to me.  Honestly, what do a whole bunch of names beginning with Dr. or lists of numbers that will never be remembered do for the common day person reading this?  I care about real life facts and facts that do relate to what I understand and what I deal with.  It allows Gladwell's message to hit home and mean something.  It was interesting to see what a group of professionals in the education field had to say about the class recording of a normal teaching environment.  You would not normally think that teaching seven year olds required quick strategical thinking, like throwing a ball "through a broken spread" with little reaction time.  It almost has to become instinctual.  Gladwell's statement, "what does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children," put a smile to my face. 

"Raunch Culture and the End of Feminism"   My take on following Raunch Culture in order to appease society.

Raunch Culture is the current deflection of changed values and the cultural and social acceptance of sex and pornography.  It has emerged from the feminist movements and many many women claim it to be liberating.  "Sexualized Culture," another word for Raunch Culture, effectively views pole-dancing and stripping for men as a means of liberation, sexual expressiveness, and empowerment.  Real feminist view Raunch Culture as an end mark to feminism (women's movement that demands equality to men politically, socially, culturally and sexually).  The debates surrounding the rise of RC focus on increased accessibility of the sex industry, openness of crude sexuality, and the immensely profitable industry of sex.  Many women who strip, pole dance, or flash excessively defend their reasons for engaging themselves in these acts on the premise that it is empowering to show your body to the world (by world they mean primarily the eyes of men -Girls Gone Wild films prime example of soft core pornography) and being comfortable with the act and expressing their sexuality.  Others argue it is a social and fun engagement, or strictly fitness prone.  The rise of RC is a "dangerous blur of empowerment."  Stripping on a pole for the male gratification is merely masculanised empowerment and not self empowerment or expression of female sexuality.  It is objectification and stands only as commodities consumed by men.  Women who wear the playboy bunny symbol or engage in casual sex disgrace the ideals behind feminism.  When feminism started in the early 60's, it was an up-roaring cry for change and equality.  Many movements were born and fought to "take it to the man."  Play Boy was created originally to break tradition.  Hugh Hefner wanted to give people something new, however his brand and new take influenced the new social standards which is sexuality.  His brand is everywhere and that is your first clue as to what our culture is now.  Raunch.  Wall Street journal puts it as “How did feminists end up in bed with (Playboy boss) Hugh Hefner?” Hugh Hefner is as famous as JFK.