Cougars, Aunties and MILFs: The sexualisation of older women
19 Apr 2012 4 Comments
in Auntie Role Models, Sexuality Tags: auntie, auntie sex, cougars, desi aunties, milfs, older women sexuality, sexual aunties
Idly flicking through the stats for this blog I came across something strange. Despite this being a Scottish blog, the majority of its readers would appear to be from India. I was a bit puzzled by this and explored a bit more. The most popular search term that people find their way here through is “aunties” – nothing all that surprising about that, but looking down the list and what aunties is combined with is eye-opening At no 4 we have “village aunties sex“, at no 6 we have “aunties ass” with “nude aunties“, “sexual aunties“, “aunties sex” and “sex with aunties” all featuring prominently. In fact looking down the list, I would reckon that over half the people who have found this blog through a search engine have done so through some combination if “auntie” with sexual terminology.
In Indian society, auntie is used as a term of respect by a young person for an older woman of social aquaintance. A more formal equivalent in the UK would probably be “madam”, a term which is also sexualised through its association with brothel keepers. The sexualisation of older women is not entirely new – most teen boys develop a crush on a particularly attractive teacher with the assertions of Miss Jean Brodie and latent sensuality of Mrs Robinson exploring it in popular culture, but the recent popularity of the terms “Cougar” annd “MILF” (Mother I’d Like to Fuck) tell of an increased sexualisation.
Of those who are forced to choose: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
19 Nov 2011 6 Comments
in Auntie Role Models, Films Tags: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, civil rights movements, documentary, feminism, film, Glasgow Film Theatre, Leila Doolan, Northern Ireland, politicians, radical icons, republicanism, socialism, The Troubles, violence, women in politics
Only the very safe can talk about wrong and right
Of those who are forced to choose, some will choose to fight
- lyrics from Natives, song famously sung by Christy Moore, by Paul Doran.
The revolutionary heroes of the left who become icons on t-shirts and posters tend to have two characteristics. They are usually men, and they are usually dead. I’m thinking Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Bobby Sands, Steve Biko. Actually, I can only think of one who continued his mystique while still alive: Nelson Mandela.
Iconic poster Free Angela Davis, by F. Beltran, 1971, from IISG on Flickr.
Off the top of my head it’s very hard to think of any women. Angela Davis, of course; she is still alive and still appears as an iconic poster image. And she’s been getting involved with the Occupy movement in the U.S. too.
Well, there’s someone who should appear in this pantheon, and she is still alive and has never sold out her socialist, republican, feminist credentials. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. I’m quite shocked at how unfamiliar this name seems to be to a lot of people here in Glasgow; growing up in New Zealand in the 1970s and 80s, I had heard of her. But between then and now, I’d not heard much.
Where did she go? Why has a woman who was elected to the UK Parliament at 21, who smacked the Home Secretary in the head the day after Bloody Sunday, and who was nearly assassinated in front of her children with seven bullets, dropped from view?
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