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I was reading this article by Susan Bordo, "Beauty (Re)discovers the male body". It was in my English book and the reason I stopped to read it was because I was wondering why there were half naked people on the pages.
“The most compelling images are suffered with ‘subjectivity’—They speak to us, they seduce us. Unlike other kinds of ‘objects’ (chair and tables, for example), they don’t let us use them in any way we like. In fact, they exert considerable power over us—over our psyches, our desires, our self-image.” --Susan Bordo
Think about the images of men and women that we see on a daily basis -- those in commercial advertisements, movies, television shows,etc. What type of effect do these images exert over us? Do images truly seduce us? Do they create an Ideal that we aspire to? Do they define what it means to be beautiful, sexually attractive, or successful? Do they influence our desires -- material or not? To what extent do we measure ourselves against these images? To what extent do others judge us by these images? To what extent do these images define us or shape our identity -- and who exactly is at fault for this? Is it absurd that consumer trends and fashion vogues play such a significant role in forming our identities and what it means to be a man or woman?
“The most compelling images are suffered with ‘subjectivity’—They speak to us, they seduce us. Unlike other kinds of ‘objects’ (chair and tables, for example), they don’t let us use them in any way we like. In fact, they exert considerable power over us—over our psyches, our desires, our self-image.” --Susan Bordo
Think about the images of men and women that we see on a daily basis -- those in commercial advertisements, movies, television shows,etc. What type of effect do these images exert over us? Do images truly seduce us? Do they create an Ideal that we aspire to? Do they define what it means to be beautiful, sexually attractive, or successful? Do they influence our desires -- material or not? To what extent do we measure ourselves against these images? To what extent do others judge us by these images? To what extent do these images define us or shape our identity -- and who exactly is at fault for this? Is it absurd that consumer trends and fashion vogues play such a significant role in forming our identities and what it means to be a man or woman?