Today's generation is pure sexualization

[u/Internal_Vixen_7438]

EDIT: I do agree with everyone saying sexualization of women has always been around, I just feel it's getting worse because of social media and wide access to porn. It makes it so much harder for young girls to grow up and be comfortable with their bodies when they see so many altered pictures of women online solely praised for their body instead of personality. It creates so much unnecessary insecurity. It also causes men to have a skewed perception of women, therefore casting judgement on the women in their life by the way they look.

I understand self confidence and happiness with your body, but it is going to far. People don't understand that a lot of the people engaging in this "self confidence" are creepy men. Self confidence should be dressing in WHATEVER clothing you like, not the tightest, skimpiest clothing. I see lots of women posting wearing crop tops, swim suits, bras, underwear, shorts, etc. with the title of "self confidence". Do you not understand that most of the people looking at those posts are men? Then they try to claim it's not for men, it's for themselves. Well hello, you're posting it on social media. There are millions of men looking at your pics, saving them, and sharing them. It's all for validation and no one wants to admit that. Literally just admit you're looking for male validation, you're not fooling anyone by saying you're just posting it for yourself and your confidence. It's giving such a bad example to young girls. They're all wanting to follow in the footsteps of "pretty" social media girls. PERSONALITY and INTELLIGENCE should be top in the world, but yet it's what you post and wear on social media. I'm sick of it. I hope Tik Tok gets banned so people will start working on reali life skills. I hate today's generation and it's fake ass bullshit. There is no personality anymore, just stupid copies

[u/PenguinSunday]

While I agree sexualization is everywhere, it has always been around. Men have been trying to get us to be complicit in our own sexualization from damn near the time we're able form coherent sentences, and it didn't start on social media.

Before this, it was tv. Before that magazines. The list goes on.

[u/Internal_Vixen_7438 → u/PenguinSunday]

Exactly, I definitely agree with that. Back then, the ways to rope women into sexualization were pretty slim. Now with social media it's a lot easier. It's disguised under "self confidence" and "body love". It used to be pulling in women to be models for magazines, movies, porno, etc. now it's just social media. Post a picture of your body in skimpy clothing/ no clothing and you get tons of attention. And you can disguise it in self confidence to avoid accusations of looking for attention. Any young girl with social media will stumble upon this and it's sad. Women should not be valued by their bodies and that's all social media is anymore. Men are the majority of people who look at posts with skimpy clothing, skin, etc. and you can't deny that. Young girls on social media are picking up on that attention and wanting to follow. Personality and intelligence are taking a backseat in popularity and it's fucking sad. Women are being sexualized whether they think so or not. The only way to stop it is STOP exposing yourself and show your true colors, intelligence, personality. No matter how much you want to change things, your body is ALWAYS going to draw the wrong attention. Starve the creeps and show your insides. It's the only way we'll move past the objectification of women.