It's All About the Benjamins!

Did that title get your attention? Heh, keep reading!

I'm sure that by now you have heard about the "Bambi" hunts in Nevada. If not then surf on over the CBS.com or CNN.com and read all about it. Oh, okay, I'll make it easy on ya:

www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/17/bambi.hunts.reut/
and/or
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s905117.htm

Go ahead, I'll wait...

Okay, know what I am talking about? Good. Now, I know, some people think that the hunts themselves are hoaxes to help promote a video and that the video was staged. Groups all over the country are outraged and want to shut down these "hunts" if they do indeed exist. The Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence called the "Bambi" hunts "offensive, dangerous and exploitative". Even Brass Eagle, Inc., the largest paintball manufacturer in the world has a problem with it.

I have a problem with it as well. But not for the same reasons. I don't think it exploitative. Unless you can prove that someone put a gun to these women's heads and ordered them to do these hunts, (live or on video) then I think the point is being missed.

Why in the hell would a woman want to strip naked except for a pair of Nikes..Reeboks, Adidas...whatever and goggles and run through the woods while men (and I use that term loosely) shoot at them with paint balls? What are women thinking? It's las Vegas for Pete's sake. Go strip in a bar..be a showgirl...a cocktail waitress...or *gasp* get some education and be a manager or secretary or a bookkeeper.

These women are not being exploited. They are all about the benjamins. It's a quick, painless (as long as you don't get hit) way to make a couple grand. Plus, they get to be naked in the hot Nevada sun! Yeah, these women are exploited.

I'm sure that one of the "Bambi"'s will do an interview on one of the newsmag shows where she will tearfully explain that she needed money to support her kid(s). That chick needs to be grateful that I won't be the one asking her questions.

I am so tired of people saying that this or that is exploitative to women. What these groups don't want to admit is that most of these women that are being "exploited", were not forced into the lifestyle. I have a friend that was a stripper. She didn't do it because a seedy looking guy talked or forced her into it. She did it because she had a great body and she knew men would throw money at it if she showed it to them. Most women use their bodies because they want the money. Ya think Heidi Fleiss was getting her arm twisted to run her escort business? Do you think the women that were working for her were being blackmailed? Nope..uh uh. It's all about the Benjamins! And to all you feminazis on the "female exploitation" bandwagon: get a grip...most of the women you are rallying behind do not need your support. Matter of fact, most of them are laughing at you. Why don't you quit ignoring your downstairs neighbor whose husband is beating the crap out of her. Or how about the homeless woman that you step over on your way to your "women's movement" meetings.

And for the rest of you who want to go after the creators of the "Bambi" hunt, go ahead and shut it down. But do it because it's a stupid idea and a waste of good paintballs. Leave the women out of it.



- posted by Kim @ 11:03 PM