Being "Bonkable"

[Kadie - Anne Elizabeth Evans]

I've been menaing to write my thoughts about this for ages and have finnaly gotten round to it but as a result the article I'll be referencing is kind of old now.

The other week I was reading the supplement magazine in the weekend edition of the guardian. An article about make up was featured in the first few pages and in this article was a sentence that has really annoyed me.

"Clean, mud-and-dried-ketchup-free skin is the cornerstone of being more bonkable."

Why is it society is so obbsessed with being more "bonkable". Is this the mark of what a succsesful women is,to be "bonkable"?

It really annoys me to see things like this, because it just gives the impression that this is what women should be aiming for. Then if a women achieves this "bonkable-ness" she is called a slut, a slag, a whore.

It's bad enough that society implies that a womens worth is determined by her "bonkable-ness" but then to be hypocritical about it and turn around and judge her for achieveing the very thing they encourage.

I don't understand it and I was wondering what other people think about it. Could anyone shed some light on this situation?

Here is the link to the whole article for anyone interested:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/09/grace-dent-make-...

[Kenny (TOK)]

I think that part of the apparent contradiction is that part of being bonkable (which I shall assume means attractive to males) is NOT to bonk much. That said, I tend to agree with Ben that both being bonkable and bonking itself are rather shallow life goals. I am less certain that the standards for men are more annoying than for women, in fact I would tend to disagree as those in power tend to be men. On the other hand, unless ketchup free skin is something not literal, I think we can all agree that having ketchup free skin is an admirable goal.

As a Yankee, I don't really see the word bonk used much, but it is kind of fun to say... bonk bonk bonk! Thanks for the interesting post!

[Ben Alex Byriel]

It's just mainstream society, let the Paris Hiltons and the Britney Spears have their world. They are like children, and not in the good way. It's a real shame but there is not much to do. The shallow will be shallow (and popular). Trust mere there are a lot of annoying norms which guys has to live up to to be pop-culturally acceptable as well.