Comments | textivore: Body image and body confidence part 2

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Body image and body confidence part 2

Oct 17, 2006 22:51

Now that the toddler is asleep, I can continue ( Read more... )

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_stormwolf_ October 18 2006, 07:57:34 UTC

Don't worry about long-windedness. I'm interested in reading this.

...Not that that should really be a deciding factor in whether you write more or not. This is your journal, after all.

kest October 21 2006, 00:30:04 UTC

I think more than the chaste/innocent force in the realization that being sexy can be *dangerous*. This sex object thing is a doubleedged sword.

I also got into an interesting LJ conversation a couple days back on feminism/wanting to be manly vs feminism/wanting equal rights for girls as they are. Part of it is about who's got the power, and the other part of it is about who gets to act in what way, for both women and men.

yes robotmadder October 24 2006, 16:37:20 UTC

I think you mean the way some people consider being sexy inviting rape.

robotmadder October 24 2006, 16:34:33 UTC

Interesting, important ideas.

pyrategal October 29 2006, 02:55:23 UTC

I think this is fascinating stuff from a male perspective. I grew up in a house where nudity was never discussed, it was just part of who we were. Up until we actually left home at the age of nineteen my brother and I never had an issue with nudity or our bodies. Since leaving home however and now with my bf and his circle of friends, especially the women are uncomfortable if I am nude within the house, say just getting changed, and they are there.
I think the main issue is this lack of confidence to be who we really are, and this affects both men and women. Men have to be overtly sexual, according to society role models, in order to be manly. Women have to cover up and be alluring but not overt in their sexual desires or it is considered slutty. Please keep writing. It's fascinating.