<em>Image: Afghan lady in Kabul via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afghan_lady_in_Kabul.jpg">Wikipedia</a></em>

I've been thinking about this <a href="http://www.finslippy.com/blog/on-being-an-object-and-then-not-being-an-object.html">powerful post</a> by Finslippy for a couple of days now. You should read it, and the comments, as well. The comments are almost as good as the post.

This post isn't really about Alice's post, which is self-explanatory and simply nails something I've been thinking about for a while. What I want to talk about is something I read into in some of the comments. A few women mentioned how they've made themselves less attractive on purpose, to protect themselves from unwanted lecherous male attention.