Re:German gymnastics team, tired of sexualisation, wears uni...
by krapp on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:37AM
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> So this is largely a concern tied to the internet?
No, it's a concern largely tied to the male gaze[0] as capitalism. Social media just happens to be the popular medium for expressing it. But the exploitation of female athletes as sex objects [1,2] goes back much further than social media.
No, it's a concern largely tied to the male gaze[0] as capitalism. Social media just happens to be the popular medium for expressing it. But the exploitation of female athletes as sex objects [1,2] goes back much further than social media.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze
[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25658173
[2]https://www.cnn.com/style/article/edgar-degas-ballet-dancers...