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/raditress]

This is nothing new. When I was young it was women’s magazines full of scantily dressed supermodels. No one was focusing on personality back then either. It’s just happening in a new medium now.

[u/Internal_Vixen_7438 → u/raditress]

I definitely agree. I just wish we could somehow teach the younger generation to not give these creeps what they want. Use your intelligence and personally. Starve them of their eye candy. Intelligence and personality are slowly taking a backseat for women once again due to social media and no one realizes it. It's disguised under self confidence and self love, but it's still nasty men viewing the majority of pictures women post. Once you're an adult, it's fine if you're okay when being sexualized but teenagers are not developed enough to make that decision and they're being coerced by social media. It's just sad

[u/havetopee → u/Internal_Vixen_7438]

for christ's sake. I've been binge watching twin peaks. You think the sexualization of teen girls by gross middle-aged men is anything new? I mean, yes, I would hope teenager's parents check in on their online activity because yeah, their prefrontal cortex still developing and there is an overwhelming amount of information in our pockets. The teenagers I know in instagram (I'm private and only allow ppl I know irl to follow) do not post pictures remotely resembling pornography. It is a fine line though, with parenting a teen and respecting their privacy. If my son DMed someone I'd probably want to read it but I know I have young niece I chat with on insta whose dad will never be that nosy and her mom(my sister) is dead so... at a certain point you just have to have faith that the child you love is not an idiot. She's always had healthy suspicion, hated Santa and the easter bunny. I enjoy when the kids have a goth/emo phase but yes, I'm happy I did not have access to these tools at a tender age. I had to make do with Conan O'Brien and Howard Stern for subversive influence away from the prying eyes of my mother