What are your thoughts on the level women are sexualized?
July 21, 2025
Like ads every time I'm on a mobile game or YouTube or basically anything see ads of women with outlandish and fully unrealistic bodies(kinda annoyin)
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Female bodies have always been under scrutiny. We are meant to produce children but not have a body that has had children. I have a very good body considering that I have had 3 children but I have been on holiday where women with stretch marks, extra weight in bikinis, personally for me I admire the confidence. I am skinny but I have atruggled with bullemia.
Eso a afectado bastante mi autoestima, siempre que veo mujeres con pechos grandes me siento pequeña e insignificante, antes no me molestaba pero veía que a mi novio y a muchos hombres les atrae eso y es estresante no poder ser así
Once I had kids, it made me feel somewhat hopeless. This is what they’re exposed to in hundreds of tiny ways, every day. It reinforces that this is what they’re expected to look or act like, or what they should expect to be attracted to. I work in marketing and media and as a parent, I feel there’s only so much we can do in the face of this. In so many ways, media controls the world. It shapes how we think, feel, perceive. Can you imagine what it’d be like if we used those powers for good?
Sexualization is just obnoxious at this point. It really is dumb and the ones who fall for it are (imo) simple minded and easy to manipulate. Sex sells.. but yeah, you’re not alone in thinking how annoying it is
A loooot of sass from men when you talk about how all they think about is sex yet the evidence always seems to point to something otherwise.
Those are my thoughts.
Tbh, I get that it’s just marketing so it doesn’t get me too angry. However, putting it in sight of where children are likely to be is when I get upset. A child at an age when they shouldn’t be thinking about or looking at stuff like that and pushing it upon them makes me feel very angry. It’s grooming them at that point.
In terms of content aimed at adults, however, it’s obvious they have a target audience. That audience will be attracted to it and they won’t have any complaints. If I don’t want to see it, I just won’t look at it. Simple.
What? I mean they aren’t “unrealistic” bodies. I’m a random woman in Idaho with body like that.
Unless you mean the animated giant ridiculous titties in which case agree.
Women sexualise themselves, some women, so the message is it’s okay hence what we see.
I don’t think about it much since I have tried my best to reduce the content I consume of any kind of media that potentially objectifies women. At this point, I just watch happy wholesome things or recaps.
Women are womens enemy so i dont think so its anyways different all the women who wear hijabs or wear modest clothes women only say and look down upon them saying they are oppressed and then women who wear short clothes its women who tag them with easy cheap and all that
Oh my god. Even articles that pop up when I’m checking my email on yahoo. “(Famous woman) turns heads in tiny bikini in Spain.” Like how is that newsworthy?? And I NEVER see articles written like that about men, especially on a major website people get their regular news from
I believe the impact that the sexualization of people has on society is distinct from the impact that unrealistic body standards have.
Sexualization reduces the person being observed to an object. It is essentially dehumanizing to the model. It encourages the observer to ignore the sexualized person’s agency, motivations, and independence (their humanness) in favor of the observer’s imaginary fantasy. It is damaging because it promotes the idea that the other person’s thoughts and preferences don’t matter and should be superseded by your own. It is essentially selling the idea that some are entitled to treat others as possessions rather than people.
On the other hand, unrealistic body standards encourages the observer’s awareness of their own flaws: of all the ways they fail to measure up to the standard on display. It is damaging because it promotes self loathing in the pursuit of unachievable perfection. (Not even the models themselves are as perfect as their retouched photos make them appear to be.) it is essentially selling the idea that normal bodies are problems that need to be addressed. (inventing a nonexistent problem in order to sell an unnecessary solution to it.)
I think it’s no wonder so many women under 30 go through so much stress and trauma and harassment (partly depending on where you live, but consistent within this age range). It’s so nice to get old and fat and for it not to affect me anymore and if you survive to be 30+ and shave your head and don’t wear makeup you can enjoy this level of liberation too 💞
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Female bodies have always been under scrutiny. We are meant to produce children but not have a body that has had children. I have a very good body considering that I have had 3 children but I have been on holiday where women with stretch marks, extra weight in bikinis, personally for me I admire the confidence. I am skinny but I have atruggled with bullemia.
Eso a afectado bastante mi autoestima, siempre que veo mujeres con pechos grandes me siento pequeña e insignificante, antes no me molestaba pero veía que a mi novio y a muchos hombres les atrae eso y es estresante no poder ser así
Once I had kids, it made me feel somewhat hopeless. This is what they’re exposed to in hundreds of tiny ways, every day. It reinforces that this is what they’re expected to look or act like, or what they should expect to be attracted to. I work in marketing and media and as a parent, I feel there’s only so much we can do in the face of this. In so many ways, media controls the world. It shapes how we think, feel, perceive. Can you imagine what it’d be like if we used those powers for good?
Sexualization is just obnoxious at this point. It really is dumb and the ones who fall for it are (imo) simple minded and easy to manipulate. Sex sells.. but yeah, you’re not alone in thinking how annoying it is
A loooot of sass from men when you talk about how all they think about is sex yet the evidence always seems to point to something otherwise.
Those are my thoughts.
Tbh, I get that it’s just marketing so it doesn’t get me too angry. However, putting it in sight of where children are likely to be is when I get upset. A child at an age when they shouldn’t be thinking about or looking at stuff like that and pushing it upon them makes me feel very angry. It’s grooming them at that point.
In terms of content aimed at adults, however, it’s obvious they have a target audience. That audience will be attracted to it and they won’t have any complaints. If I don’t want to see it, I just won’t look at it. Simple.
What? I mean they aren’t “unrealistic” bodies. I’m a random woman in Idaho with body like that.
Unless you mean the animated giant ridiculous titties in which case agree.
Women sexualise themselves, some women, so the message is it’s okay hence what we see.
I don’t think about it much since I have tried my best to reduce the content I consume of any kind of media that potentially objectifies women. At this point, I just watch happy wholesome things or recaps.
Women are womens enemy so i dont think so its anyways different all the women who wear hijabs or wear modest clothes women only say and look down upon them saying they are oppressed and then women who wear short clothes its women who tag them with easy cheap and all that
Oh my god. Even articles that pop up when I’m checking my email on yahoo. “(Famous woman) turns heads in tiny bikini in Spain.” Like how is that newsworthy?? And I NEVER see articles written like that about men, especially on a major website people get their regular news from
I believe the impact that the sexualization of people has on society is distinct from the impact that unrealistic body standards have.
Sexualization reduces the person being observed to an object. It is essentially dehumanizing to the model. It encourages the observer to ignore the sexualized person’s agency, motivations, and independence (their humanness) in favor of the observer’s imaginary fantasy. It is damaging because it promotes the idea that the other person’s thoughts and preferences don’t matter and should be superseded by your own. It is essentially selling the idea that some are entitled to treat others as possessions rather than people.
On the other hand, unrealistic body standards encourages the observer’s awareness of their own flaws: of all the ways they fail to measure up to the standard on display. It is damaging because it promotes self loathing in the pursuit of unachievable perfection. (Not even the models themselves are as perfect as their retouched photos make them appear to be.) it is essentially selling the idea that normal bodies are problems that need to be addressed. (inventing a nonexistent problem in order to sell an unnecessary solution to it.)
I think it’s no wonder so many women under 30 go through so much stress and trauma and harassment (partly depending on where you live, but consistent within this age range). It’s so nice to get old and fat and for it not to affect me anymore and if you survive to be 30+ and shave your head and don’t wear makeup you can enjoy this level of liberation too 💞