Teh Gaze Thread

Is the Male Gaze oppressing women?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • No

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • Mighty Omega smells

    Votes: 15 93.8%
  • Total voters
    16
Paragon049 said:
It effects women more because a woman's overall appearance and perceived sexual attractiveness are valued far differently than they are for men, and contribute a lot to how many people think about them because this is the society we live in. To be honest, the last time I regularly watched TV or movies was like 5 years ago, so if there are more overweight women in media now than there used to be, then that's good I guess. Media reflects society, so it might mean fat acceptance is catching on more.

It helps obese men because it's raising fat acceptance awareness overall, it's not like it's necessarily excluding men. Like I said, it's just focused on women.
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So making an issue seem one sided and not mentioning the other side is raising awareness for everyone? I can't see how that begins to make sense lol. If too much of media is focused on promoting fat women and next to none for promoting fat men. There becomes an imbalance of perception. We automatically assume women suffer from this problem more. Which doesn't seem close to reality.

And I don't disagree that women are perceived differently in terms of sexuality. But in terms of media, it tends to balance out. Look at the news for instance. The man is older, well groomed, and distinguished. The woman anchor is always younger, wears a dress, and tons of make up. Both men and women are adhering to social norms and what people want to look at. In terms of weight, both men and woman are perceived as comic relief when they are fat. Men in media have plenty of problems. For instance, the red carpet, men are pretty much expected to only wear black suites. Women can wear a ton of different things though.

To say women have it worse with 0 evidence is foolish.
 
Sett said:
You could be genetically inclined to fatness but fuck if I know to what extent.
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Genetics has very little to do with it. Diet is always the main key to being skinny, then exercise. Most fat people tend to eat a lot more food.
 
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