Cluster A. Women should not please men sexually. Continued from yesterday...


Belief: Women should not be used as decorations to be looked at.

Define the thought process:

Women should not be used as decorations to be looked at.

Why not?

Because it focuses attention on their bodies.

Why is that bad?

Because that makes a woman's body the thing you are most interested in.

Why is that bad?

Because women should not be valued for their bodies.

Why not?

Because it degrades her.

Why?

1. Because she is not valued for the same things men are.

Why does that make her inferior?

Because that is being treated like a woman.

Why does that make her inferior?

Because it reinforces that she should be treated like a woman.

Why does that make her inferior?

Because then she will be treated like a woman instead of a man.

Why does that make her inferior?

Because women are treated worse than men.

and...

2. Because other things that matter about her are completely ignored.

Why is that bad?

Because you should always focus on a woman's non-sexual qualities.

Why?

Because otherwise it means they aren't really more important than her sexual qualities.

Why is that bad?

Because a woman's non-sexual qualities should be the most important.

Why?

Because her sexual qualities don't matter.

Why not?

Because they should not exist at all.

Why not?

Because they are there only for the benefit of men.

Why?

Because they are artificially imposed by men.

Why is that bad?

Because men are controlling women's sexuality.


Recap:

Process 1.

1. Women are treated worse than men.
2. So treating a woman like a woman makes her inferior to a man.
3. Valuing a woman for her body reinforces the idea that she should be treated like a woman.
4. Which means it is degrading.

Process 2.

1. Men force women to be "sexual" in ways which aren't natural.
2. So men are controlling women's sexuality.
3. Which means women's sexual qualities shouldn't exist at all.
3. Valuing a woman for her body means those sexual qualities are the most important.
4. Which means it is degrading.



Analyze the distortion(s):



Treat the distortion(s):



Affirm the realistic thought(s):


Okay, I will continue with the analysis, treatment, and affirmation tomorrow.