Goddess of love or false advertisement?

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual bliss. According to Hesiod (a Greek poet), she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. After Aphrodite’s birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over her hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods. Hephaestus couldn’t believe his good luck and used all his skills to make a girdle made of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work.  When Aphrodite wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, and she was already too irresistible. Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. The girdle perhaps represents Aphrodite's innate qualities of unbounded feminine sexuality. Women who make or wear a girdle dedicated to Aphrodite actively appeal to their own feminine sexuality and that’s their link to the divine women.

In modern day, a girdle is a garment worn to adjust a women’s figure. It is used to encircle the torso and give the illusion of an hour glass shape. It took the place of the corset. For centuries women have been misleading the men with “foundation wear” and displaying a sort of lie with their actual bodies. There’s the corset, girdle, wonder bras and booty pops (butt pads) giving off a fantasy for men of a perfect women. By conveying this fantasy, women can draw men to them in a sexual manner because they are enhancing their body image and using their sexuality to interest the man. With that also comes the negative side effect of being perceived as promiscuous or immoral. It’s totally acceptable to embrace your femininity and sexuality but for the right reasons.

When Aphrodite wore her magic girdle, it caused mortals and gods to fall hopelessly in love with her; no one could resist her. To have a magic girdle like Aphrodite to transform her femininity to absolute sexual desire, gives the notion to females that their nothing but sexual objects and that’s all we have to bring to the table. I’m all for support and flattering the body but where is the line between alteration and total fabrication?