Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readAug 2, 2024

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It's not as though it's actually in dispute that women's bodies are objectified in this culture (and many others) - whether or not they are covered up. Women in head to toe burkas still get sexualized, objectified, harassed, and raped - a lot!

"Women and their bodies have always been commodities and sources of pleasure and exploitation for patriarchal cultures. From the twentieth century, in television, films, commercials, and music videos, sexualization and objectification of women became an increasingly growing trend. Mainstream media has always used a false and unreal image of women’s physical appearance, body image, behavioral standards and beauty. Today, across television, billboards, glossy pages of magazines, and social media we can see hypersexualized and unrealistically perfect female forms. Advertisements, music videos, and films dehumanize girls and women and portray them as commodities. Women’s bodies are used to sell everything from car tires to entertainment."

Your experience and perception of male heterosexuality in this culture at this time does not say anything about male heterosexuality in general or in human experience - as already well documented. It speaks to how it takes place in this particular culture. Ergo, it's not "wiring" or nature - it's socialization as I previously stated.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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