Older women, women with weight changes or visible disabilities, or transfolk of Lemmy - how has the male gaze changed for you? (sh.itjust.works)

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Hello ladies (current and former) of Lemmy (current) - I'm curious how your experience of the male gaze has changed as you moved in and out of young-woman-hood.

How has your opinion of being seen changed through this process?

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[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I have heard of Male Gaze with capital letters, but I was asking more about y'alls experience noticing eyeballs on you rather than how THEY perceive you. Using words that have a more specific defined meaning is probably more evidence for "Pidgin needs to think before writing".

I presume this is the video you meant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MTtYyZ1zd8

I never saw Birds of Prey because Suicide Squad was so bad! Maybe it deserves a watch. I do notice the usually unnecessary sexiness in movies.

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