Objectification of Women in Modern Media

[panfriedmarmot]

@thewhaleshark

You can absolutely enjoy a thing that is driven by exploitative male gaze and not be a bad person. No, really, you can. You can enjoy fetishy depictions and weird porn and whatever other fantasy you want to because it’s your life and nobody can actually tell you what to think or feel. Enjoy your media, understand when and where it is appropriate to share it. Read the room, own your side of the discussion.

I have literally never heard anyone in lefty / “woke” circles say this. All I have ever heard is if you like sexy male gaze stuff you’re a bad feminist and a shitty person and a pervert… I’m not those things.