Re: Went to Strip Club...CBT Work
Time to continue....
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Cluster A. Women should not please men sexually. Continued...
Belief: Women should not be used as decorations to be looked at.
PART 1.
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?
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 in general.
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.
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.
Analyze the distortion(s):
What is the evidence that women are treated worse than men?
1.
Women are treated like they are worth less than men
How do I know this?
a. Men intimidate, beat, rape, and kill huge numbers of women.
why?
b. Men get all the good jobs and women get all the bad ones.
why?
c. The law treats men better than women.
why?
d. Men earn more money than women do for the same work.
why?
e. Men have more opportunities than women
why?
f. Huge numbers of women are ill because they are forced to live up to unrealistic standards.
How do I know this?
g. Women do most of the real work in society but receive none of the credit.
How do I know this?
h. People think men are better than women.
How do I know this?
2.
Women have less power than men.
How do I know this?
a. Men have unfair power over women.
How do I know this?
- Women could not have abortions because men would not let them.
b. Men have more privileges than women.
why?
c. People think women don't deserve as much power as men.
How do I know this?
Treat the distortion(s):
Affirm the realistic thought(s):