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et tu

(937 posts)
1. it's a patriarchal society
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 01:00 PM
Feb 2024

females are second class citizens on day 1.
as such they are subjected to sexualizaton.
era???

NNadir

(33,582 posts)
2. That was pretty insightful. I'm an old man and never realized that this was going on, but clearly it is.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 01:39 AM
Feb 2024

redqueen

(115,108 posts)
3. Yeah I was shocked
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 10:50 AM
Feb 2024

I watched these things and allowed my daughters to watch them without it even registering. Glad to see younger generations are seeing it and calling attention to it.

Reminds me of how racism in cartoons used to be acceptable until people started calling that out.

NNadir

(33,582 posts)
4. Yeah. What struck me was that it was in movies I liked without ever realizing the implications.
Fri Feb 2, 2024, 11:01 AM
Feb 2024

The young woman who made this video is clearly highly intelligent and highly perceptive. One hopes she'll end up with broader exposure.

Thanks much for posting it. It was an education.

love_katz

(2,588 posts)
6. I remember learning a long time ago about how the media sexualizes females.
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 04:45 AM
Feb 2024

Turn off the sound while watching TV and movies. Pay attention to the difference in how the camera depicts female bodies versus male bodies. The camera often slides up and down on female bodies, and tends to focus in on breasts and crotch area, while there's much less focus on our faces. Compare that to how the camera focuses on male bodies. It is also painfully noticable that women are shown with little or no choice about which male character they are paired with. The men claim them, often through force.

ShazamIam

(2,577 posts)
7. I didn't realize how harmful and pervasive this was and just realized how I never felt, I measured up as a female,
Sat Feb 3, 2024, 02:35 PM
Feb 2024

Last edited Sun Feb 4, 2024, 12:22 AM - Edit history (1)

because while I had the slim waist and wasn't too tall and my face was ok, I didn't have big breasts, therefore I wasn't enough, I was inadequate as a female.
ps, actually at the same time I was glad I didn't have big breasts because I saw how men looked at the women who did and how that was by some men the major focus of their attention on such women, not to mention, the physical presence and discomfort when engaged in sports, the expensive special bras and all that I never needed.

Edit: correct pervasive

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