Sex writer says that instead of saying all breasts are sexy, to stop sexualizing breasts altogether because it “furthers objectification”. LibFems center their understanding of sex based on magical ideological thinking rather than material reality which is why their advice is always terrible. 🙄

swatir24 · 2020-06-20T12:21:39+00:00

I will never get tired of quoting this:

You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.

pickmieshaexorcist · 2020-06-20T12:05:59+00:00

Wait, I guess I’m not really understanding OP here. Because I agree that insisting all breasts are sexy furthers objectification. It’s not Libfem to say this, it’s Radfem, which is interested in dismantling the very idea of societal gender roles. A Libfem would say “don’t worry, everyone is beautiful and everything is sexy!” They don’t ask themselves what is “sexy” and why should women always BE SEXY? Radfem says “no, ‘sexy’ is a confining box that should be critiqued and torn down. ‘You can still objectify yourself even if you’re not conventionality attractive’ is not feminism.”

blackredrosepetals · 2020-06-20T11:20:09+00:00

One of the best things for my self-esteem has been finding the radical feminist (rather than liberal feminist) view to body positivity. Mine are small, that’s not conventionally attractive but so fucking what? They don’t need to be. I’m not any less worthy because of them. And i refuse to give my hard earned money to an industry that exploits women’s insecurities.

ireadlotsoffic · 2020-06-20T11:38:49+00:00

This applies to "everyone is beautiful" too

bye-raspberry · 2020-06-20T13:09:57+00:00

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2020-06-20T12:48:53+00:00

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2020-06-20T16:04:58+00:00

Right. Breasts are there literally for feeding babies and that's it. In my native country before colonization, women used to walk around bare chested because it wasn't considered a sexual or sensual part. Breasts were for feeding babies and it was seen as just another body part like the hands or the legs.

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