The omnivorous male gaze has a way of sexualizing and objectifying a lump of shit on one's shoe
Oh man, that is the truth. I don't know that it's just "the male gaze" however. I think it is the privileged gaze, the white gaze, the gaze of anyone who is not "other" on the "other". But yeah, reclamation is madly tricky and unfortunately I don't see a lot of reclamation going on that is truly subversive or reclamatory... I mostly see imitation, or the idea that by women objectifying eachother (for example) we are reclaiming our bodies and the gaze. This is one of many reasons why I no longer work in the sex industry.
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Oh man, that is the truth. I don't know that it's just "the male gaze" however. I think it is the privileged gaze, the white gaze, the gaze of anyone who is not "other" on the "other". But yeah, reclamation is madly tricky and unfortunately I don't see a lot of reclamation going on that is truly subversive or reclamatory... I mostly see imitation, or the idea that by women objectifying eachother (for example) we are reclaiming our bodies and the gaze. This is one of many reasons why I no longer work in the sex industry.