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1. Socially perceived "average" and literal average are too very different things. The literal average size of every woman in america is size 14, but I don't see that represented in any media as the image we should strive for and I highly doubt a poll about what a woman's size should be with an "average" option would mean size 14 to many people either.
It would have probably been better to put cup sizes as options, but that's only a minor issue.
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2. This is actually a scientific fact that men and women are socialized to see women as objects. There have been numerous psychological tests done to prove this shit. The brain literally functions differently when seeing images of sexualized men and women. Look it up on your own. You have access to google.
Let's say this were true, how would men be at fault then? How can you condemn them for something the brain does automatically?
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3. Internalized misogyny is a thing, but men are the ones who run the media in the majority that idealizes women in a certain way. This is really basic 101 shit.
The media displays what the people want to see, that is how they make money. And half of the viewership is female, so they show them what females want to see. The times when media only catered to male interests are long over.
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4. This poll is objectifying even if people don't interpret it that specific way.
Again with the paranoia.
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5. I've never once said I was a feminist. That was the label you used. I'm just a woman who doesn't like being objectified by random men, either on the streets or on the internet. If expressing an opinion on why I don't think women should be treated as objects makes me a feminist in your eyes, and feminism has a negative connotation, then that says much more about you than it does about me.
There is nothing wrong with feminism, there is just something wrong with hateful people such as you. My belief is that both genders should walk hand-in-hand towards the future. In a future where both genders are to be treated equal there is no place for grudges or hatred against the other gender. Mutual understanding is the key, not wild accusations and polemics.
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