Berger's assertion that women watch themselves being looked at once seemed so timeless. It was borderline irksome that a bloke was famous for making the observation that exposes one of the most distracting, impeding, and dangerously giddy aspects of being born female. My mind baulks at the idea that it could be reversed. It's surely a sign of the very strange times we're living in, that the deepest cultural grooves are getting inverted. Is it naive to hope that once men have had a turn at being objectified, we all come to feel a little sickened by exhibitionism, and turn a kinder gaze upon eachother?
Not likely, to be a dude in 2023 is to either Be the 1 in a X,000,000,000 MGK/Harry Styles or (other end of the musician “Rock Star” spectrum, Mac DeMarco) or constantly trying to get yourself to understand, in vain, why neither of them are who dudes should be looking up to. Society only gets more closeted/echo chamber/Your Loss My Gain from here. Although I want to agree with you very badly the realist in me says when we’ve all (dudes) gotten to the point where we’re ‘done’ being objectified some other trend/fad will take over
Berger's assertion that women watch themselves being looked at once seemed so timeless. It was borderline irksome that a bloke was famous for making the observation that exposes one of the most distracting, impeding, and dangerously giddy aspects of being born female. My mind baulks at the idea that it could be reversed. It's surely a sign of the very strange times we're living in, that the deepest cultural grooves are getting inverted. Is it naive to hope that once men have had a turn at being objectified, we all come to feel a little sickened by exhibitionism, and turn a kinder gaze upon eachother?
Not likely, to be a dude in 2023 is to either Be the 1 in a X,000,000,000 MGK/Harry Styles or (other end of the musician “Rock Star” spectrum, Mac DeMarco) or constantly trying to get yourself to understand, in vain, why neither of them are who dudes should be looking up to. Society only gets more closeted/echo chamber/Your Loss My Gain from here. Although I want to agree with you very badly the realist in me says when we’ve all (dudes) gotten to the point where we’re ‘done’ being objectified some other trend/fad will take over