I was reading an interesting article by a mother, who said that despite the everyone scapegoating social media for young girls feeling pressured to post sexy content (on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok etc.), she also faced similar pressures as a young girl before the social media days.

But she blamed it on the so-called patriarchy.

A simpler answer is that women always valued themselves over their sexuality than anything else. They just didn’t have the avenues for putting themselves out there than they do now.

So why do so many women say social media or the patriarchy sexually objectifies females; when it is in fact young girls, who if you try to explain this to them; say there is nothing wrong with flaunting their bodies over social media to total strangers (and say social media outlets like Facebook, Instagram and tiktok are empowering)?