Objectification And Social Media

Objectification And Social Media

All trussed up in their naked dresses at this week's Met Ball, celebrities were dressing for work, not for sexual attraction. But I'd wager that many feel just as apprehensive stripping off for the first time in front of a new lover as most of the rest of us do. Such nudity, though, is artificial, a device to provoke digital clicks rather than to stimulate any of the feelings that most people feel when they are nude or are triggered in the viewer.

Curiously, the bareness of these women had none of the same effect as what I'd call real nudity – the rest of us without clothes. We look at them entirely dispassionately and unemotionally. Maybe with a bit of a gasp at how ludicrous they appear – but this is different from how we generally feel about ourselves and others' naked bodies.

In this article... Mail Online explores the objectification of women and the role that social media plays in shaping our perceptions of ⁙⁙⁙ image.

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• Celebrities dressed for work, not for sexual attraction. 2. Some feel apprehensive stripping off for a new lover. 3. Artificial nudity provokes digital clicks, failing to stimulate feelings. 4. The bareness of these women has a contrasting effect on viewers' perceptions.
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