Do you think women who sexualiz themselves are hypocrite when they complain about being sexualized?

[GlitterFairy16]

Im really against the sexualizing anyone, male or female. Unless they are getting paid to sexualiz themselves as a sex worker or work in the sex industry i do not see the need.

For example female pop stars who dress in extremely revealing outfits, dancing suggestively and then sing songs with suggestive lyrics and then go on twitter rants about feminist when they are apart of the problem. What kind of mixed message does that send to young female fans. You will only become a star if you sexualiz yourself and your popularity will be based more on how racey you are over your ture talent but then you should also expect people not to judge you based on your sex appeal or make comments on it either when all you do is sexualiz yourself how can you expect to be taken seriously.

It gives us normal everyday women a bad reputation and doesn't help us at all. Im not saying men aren't to blame but im saying a lot of women don't help the situation. For example Britney Spears dressing as a slutty school girl is now a sexual incon and then people wonder why school girls get cat called and sexuality harassed on their way home from school for the uniform they are wearing.

Men should just see women as sexual objects i get that but what im trying to get at is that how can they expect to be taking seriously if everytime a talented woman is shown to them they are also usually being sexualized at the same time.

Maybe if you put some clothes on whilst acting or singing men would appreciate you more for your talent over your body.

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What im trying to say is sexualiz yourself and expect to be sexualiz but don't drag other women into thinking its normal

[Jamie1865]

Hmmm... "It gives us normal everyday women a bad reputation..."... "Unless they are getting paid to sexualiz themselves"... Bit of a non sequitur?
YMHMI, but news just in - people (men and women) LIKE sex, and sex sells. I'm not saying using sex to sell is right, necessarily, but why should women have to dress like nuns when they're singing? Can't women express themselves without being judged by other women - aren't you always getting enough of that judgement from men? Do you need to be judging each other?
Also curious, who is it that sets the benchmark for "Us regular Women" (or men).
Who gets to decide that? You seem (correct me if I'm wrong) to be against gender stereotyping/ gender sexualisation (or oversexualisation) ... but your handle is 'GlitterFairy16', which would suggest to me, were I asked to make a guess, that you were a teenage girl. You're on horseback in your profile pic. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, but a quick look at the demographics show that the ratio of teenagers who ride horses in the UK, or classify equestrian as a hobby is 80:20 female to male, so are you not stereotyping yourself into a gender pigeon hole?
Who (if you can give an example of someone) sexualises themselves, expecting to be sexualised and tries to drag other women into it these days? Not saying it doesn't happen, but I'm old, so don't know who's guilty and who's not!

[Zer0Ghost]

This whole post could be boiled down to a #pickme argument. I don't know why this is hard for people, but even if the product is them themselves, you can treat them like human beings, that basic human decency doesn't go away just because you became a consumer.

I had an experience at a con, where I found a booth selling cosplay nudes, and they told me one of the models was going to be in as my favorite characters, wanna know how it went? I har a decent, human interaction with them, got a photo with them, and thanked them emphatically before going about my day. Why? Because no amount of sexy clothing or lack thereof means I am entitled to them or allowed to make derogatory commentary to them.

And that's the difference, idols aren't upset about some fictional feminism, they're upset about being stuck in a false dichotomy where they can't be sexy and human, and the public is upset they can't find a very easy balance of appreciate and being fucking nice.

[MzAsh]

I think it’s important that women are in control over their sexuality. They should always be the only one who dictates when they become sexual - whenever they feel like it. However, they need to be able to handle the reaction from jealous and frustrated men and envious women.

[scarlett774]

Women or men should not be sexualized AT ALL. Just because your wearing a revealing outfit that doesn’t give someone the right to sexualize you

[AllThatSweetJazz]

Yes. But it's not even necessarily a problem if they didn't intend it. This is because it is not for them to decide what others find attractive. You have women complaining about guys finding them attractive when they go to the corner-store in sweat pants to grab some milk. It's as though they've decided that they're not supposed to be seen sexually and that therefore everyone else's reality just change. And it only gets more absurd when they're not in sweats -- e. g, you see a girl in jhorts so short that the pockets stick out from under the front and part of her ass sticks out from under the back and then she complains when you look because she's *decided on behalf of everyone else* that she isn't supposed to get attention in that moment.

[Leavesbound]

Yes. If you wear a bikini made of three square inches of material and have to shave of all your pubic hair to avoid being arrested for wearing it then strut around in front of a bunch of men or teenage boys then you have no business complaining when they drool. If you want guys to like you for your brain dress like a librarian.

[_SOARER]

Women were indoctrinated to objectify themselves.
Men only began objectifying them when they decided to become sexually loose wage slaves instead of mothers.

As a society we need to stop listening to or watching women who promote and glorify the objectification of women.

#womenarenotobjects

[Makeushiver]

I'm not sure since the entire advertising industry is built around it, Peer pressure is enormous and their is a fine line between making yourself more attractive and "sexualizing" yourself

[sensible27]

Intent matters I guess... what you might consider sexual just might be their thing I guess...

[crmoore]

Yes, I do. As well as when women are fine when other women sexualize themselves but when men sexualize those same women, it's suddenly wrong.

[joeblow123]

I've seen Ariana Grande dressed in a sexy schoolgirl outfit and as a man, I have to say I like it.

[jmf909]

No cause they are branded sluts when feeling risque when blokes do nudee run is all on fun

[888theGreat]

Yes, They parade naked to get attention , then complain that men stare at their tits , ass or something else.

[OddBeMe]

Guys can overly objectify and reduce women to objects which is wrong. And it’s not wrong for women to want to dress sexually. But I guess don’t complain when you get looks. That’s the point right?

[JoseLuisGonalez]

No one is sexualizing anyone. Women ARE sexual. Suggesting otherwise would be entering a fantasy realm.

[Bandit74]

I don't know if it's hypocritical, but I don't really sympathize with their complaints.

[Iron_Man]

Yes I do a bunch of phony baloney

[Cryptic-Game]

It sure seems that they are.

[MrTaboo]

Very. I loathe that

[TallAnon]

Yeap

[Nachowedgie]

Yeah