LoreleiRaven
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Post by LoreleiRaven on Aug 20, 2016 22:56:23 GMT
I don't know if a contro section is going to be made later... But, I came across this article (so far I have only read the headline) on my Facebook news feed and it got me thinking. So, I thought I'd pose the question it brought to my mind and see what others think... I have conflicting emotions about those statues. But is this really body shaming? To me, it seems like it's adding a visualization to expose/shame a personality. What do you guys think?
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wisp
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Post by wisp on Aug 21, 2016 20:33:20 GMT
I'll try to come back and give some thoughts on the topic and article when I have time, but in the meantime would you mind editing your post title so it gives a clearer idea of the thread's subject? I don't have admin privileges on the new board yet, so I can't just change it. XD
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Egann
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Post by Egann on Aug 21, 2016 22:46:33 GMT
The statue is technically political satire, not body shaming. Trump is a public figure, so the rules are different.
I find the whole affair to be quite telling, however. Is body shaming a man more acceptable than a woman? Morally, no, it's the same. Culturally, men are much harder to body shame because being attractive is less important to them. Imagine if the Trump statue had a Hillary one next to it with horrifying flapjacks and you get the idea. And no, I don't really have a point on this one. I just find it odd that male and female are different this way culturally.
Would it be reversed in a matriarchal society? Maybe. That's certainly the politically correct assumption, but I'm not so sure. A recent (really long) video I watched about dating website metrics compared men's attractiveness to women and women's attractiveness to men. The two were notably different, and I don't see how culture can account for that.
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