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If we used a male model as a photographic test subject here, is that not the sexist objectification of males? Should we use an unattractive person or an animal
by lectrick 12y ago
If we used a male model as a photographic test subject here, is that not the sexist objectification of males? Should we use an unattractive person or an animal instead? Are you going to attack the very notion of beauty or the fact that women are the "fairer sex"?
- sp332 12y agoSure, it could be objectification. It's pretty cut and dried in this case since the image was scanned from a magazine almost at random. The woman had no agency in the decision at all. Of course I'm going to attack that. Women are required to be beautiful or they are deemed worthless, or failures. So they put a lot of work into it from a fear of failure. Men can be beautiful too, especially to a woman's eye which you've never seen through. If men were made to worry about their appearance as much as women, we'd be "fair" too.
- mnx 12y ago>Women are required to be beautiful or they are deemed worthless, or failures. I am truly sad for you if that is the case in your enviroment, but please, please do not generalise like that.
- sp332 12y agoFortunately, it is not the case in my environment. But it is a dominant message.
- lectrick 12y agoThere are predominant gender roles. How can we determine if the predominance is wrong, or just natural? All of this assumes the predominance is wrong. If I go to enjoy a burlesque show (a largely female-dominated event that all consensually participate in), did I merely experience the predominance, or did I also reinforce it? If the majority like something even though a minority do not, does that mean the majority are somehow wrong?