nipplemagazine:FLORENCE GIVENInstagram removed a ten-part post I made with examples of the male gaze
nipplemagazine:FLORENCE GIVENInstagram removed a ten-part post I made with examples of the male gaze, so I’m uploading again without the ‘pornographic’ example. Already says a lot about how overly sexualised women’s bodies are, for an ADVERT to be considered pornographic, doesn’t it? •Women have always been expected to conform to the desires, needs and beauty standards for male consumption. Take shaving our legs…the insecurity of visible body hair on women was a capitalist seed planted by male advertisers in 1915, because they realised they could make a fuck load of money selling female razors. They made us insecure, filled a gap in the market…et voila! We’ve been socialised to be disgusted by our own bodies for male consumption and literal profit.•The male gaze is inescapable. The use of the male gaze across all media platforms for years has perpetuated the narrative that our bodies exist for them, and is a contributing factor to why so many women experience sexual assault. Men are literally socialised to believe that our bodies exist for their consumption. It’s time to change the narrative. Dismantling this system benefits EVERYONE! -- source link