My contention is that there is nothing more intrinsically objectionable in women fantasising about big shopping and the ups and downs of urban sexuality than men fantasising about war, gangs or fast cars … Watching Tarantino films about Americans scalping Nazis, or gladiators capering about in a mock-up of ancient Rome isn’t “higher” than watching women engage in competitive shopping ‘n’ bitching. Indeed, it’s further away from everyday realities, not closer to them.
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Jackie Ashley, “Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns”, The Guardian, 31 May 2010, p. 25
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/31/sex-city-male-female-fantasy
