Have you ever experienced the objectification of your own body?

Wk6 DB 1313 unread replies.1313 replies. Our focus for this week’s discussion is on body image, body use, and the question of the body as an object, commercial instrument, or other such forms of what feminists call objectification or thing-ifi-cation. Please answer any two of the following three question categories. You may answer all three questions if you choose or if answering two of them doesn’t meet your main thread 250-word minimum content requirement. But only two questions are required to be answered. [1] Please watch the video “8 Women Celebs Making Body-Image History” (2015). 8 Women Celebs Making Body-Image History (Links to an external site.) 8 Women Celebs Making Body-Image History [1] Option One Question: After watching the video “8 Women Celebs Making Body-Image History”, which woman’s message and/or body image attitude did you most like or connect with, and why? [2] Please watch the video “Men’s Standards of Beauty Around the World” and the objectification of men’s bodies (2015). Men’s Standards Of Beauty Around The World (Links to an external site.) Men’s Standards Of Beauty Around The World [2] Option Two Question: After watching the video “Men’s Standards of Beauty Around the World”, which of the cultural man-images and/or body types did you most like or dislike, and why? Or is that question itself objectification? What do you think? [3] Please watch the video clip “Objectification of Women – Part of the TedTalk” (1.36 minutes long, by Jean Kilbourne) or you can watch the full 2014 TedTalk by the same title (see YouTube search; it’s 15.51 minutes long). Objectification of Women – part of the the TED talk (Links to an external site.) Objectification of Women – part of the the TED talk [3] Option Three Question: After watching the video “Objectification of Women,” do you agree that the bodies of women and/or men are being turned into objects or things for the use, especially commercial use, of others today, and, if so, is that necessarily wrong? Why or why not? Have you ever experienced the objectification of your own body? Was it a bad or a good experience? Explain.