Monday, July 2, 2012

Did Jenny McCarthy Get Personal Validation Through "Playboy"? Why Women Are Responsible for Their Self-Esteem

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I wanted to share my thoughts concerning Jenny McCarthy and how she recently posed Playboy. On one hand, she said that she did it because the tuition for her autistic son is expensive. While school is indeed pricey, it’s exceptionally hard to believe she didn’t also pose nude for personal validation.

What makes me say this? Well, she was on Howard Stern talking about how great she is at beejs. Jenny went on to say that she studies sex so that it can be better. I’m sure her boyfriend, Brian Urlacher, is thrilled with her commitment to continuing sex ed. But, why do we need to know about it?

Then, the story dropped about how she accidentally sent a nude picture to her dentist. Even though I’d never have pictures of myself in the buff on my phone (or anywhere else) I wouldn’t publicly divulge my error. Oh, and she let us know that she grew out her...down there for Playboy. Jenny, thanks for telling us. We never could've told from the Playboy spread.

Anyway, last weekend, Perez Hilton posted modest views of the Playboy spread with her private parts whited-over. What made me roll my eyes were the comments that men (presumably) left. I don’t want to reprint them, but click the above link if you want to check them out. Needless to say, they weren’t commenting on her class. It was what they wanted to do to her sexually.

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People tried persuading Jenny to not pose for Playboy because of her son. Obviously, this didn't work. Her response was that he could find much worse on the internet. But, what struck me as I read those comments is not only does Jenny not care what her son thinks about this, she doesn’t even care about what people say about her. Worse, Playboy’s request that she pose nude (resulting in lewd sexual comments from men) influences her self-esteem for the better!

This brought me to my ultimate question – what will she do for self-esteem ten years from now? Fifteen years from now? Twenty? When the magazines no longer call and her body isn’t what it is now?

It’s not bad that she wants men to find her sexy. What’s disconcerting is it’s apparent they don’t respect her. She might fire back at me and say “Why would I care about what a bunch of people think of me who I don’t know?” My response to this would be, “Why wouldn’t you?”

Most of us hope to leave a respectable legacy. The fact that she doesn’t care about this makes me wonder what’s up with her. It’s not even like she can say, “I was young and didn’t know better.”

Jenny’s not alone in this. Plenty of women use men’s opinions of their sexiness as a personal measure of their desirability. My question to Jenny and other women is at what point do you accept responsibility for the health of your self-esteem? One day, men won’t chase you like they do now. If you don’t like what you see in the mirror, you’ll have a hard-time being alone with, well, you.

Tell me what you think! Was Jenny trying to hard for validation when she posed for Playboy?

Until next time…

Shine like Platinum!
Vanessa

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