Comments on: Male Self-Objectification http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/02/28/male-self-objectification/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 10:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dubi http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/02/28/male-self-objectification/comment-page-1/#comment-7811 Dubi Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:25:27 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=6417#comment-7811 THAT's what self-objectification means? Seriously? What other purpose does looking good HAVE, but being attractive (or at least, less disgusting) to others? Why should I bother with putting on deodorant if I didn't care what others would think of my BO? I can't even smell the stuff myself. Seriously, I think this might be the origin of a lot of the problems many men have with feminist critique - we do exactly what you do, but we don't bother naming it, and thinking it's something worth thinking about. It just makes sense. I don't walk around with a mirror all day - hence, anything about my personal appearance (which I cannot see) must be for the benefit of others. THAT’s what self-objectification means? Seriously? What other purpose does looking good HAVE, but being attractive (or at least, less disgusting) to others? Why should I bother with putting on deodorant if I didn’t care what others would think of my BO? I can’t even smell the stuff myself.
Seriously, I think this might be the origin of a lot of the problems many men have with feminist critique – we do exactly what you do, but we don’t bother naming it, and thinking it’s something worth thinking about. It just makes sense. I don’t walk around with a mirror all day – hence, anything about my personal appearance (which I cannot see) must be for the benefit of others.

]]> By: Fernando http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/02/28/male-self-objectification/comment-page-1/#comment-7789 Fernando Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:30:06 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=6417#comment-7789 I think that to a degree or another, we all care what other people think about us. We are programmed to act like this. Perhaps it won't be with a person's looks, but it could be with appearing dedicated, smart, friendly, tolerant, etc. I don't know why pick on concerns with appearance and label it with as some sort of disease. And seriously, who doesn't care about their appearace? Most people do, I mean, would you attend to some social event wearing an old shirt with a huge stain? I think that to a degree or another, we all care what other people think about us. We are programmed to act like this. Perhaps it won’t be with a person’s looks, but it could be with appearing dedicated, smart, friendly, tolerant, etc. I don’t know why pick on concerns with appearance and label it with as some sort of disease.

And seriously, who doesn’t care about their appearace? Most people do, I mean, would you attend to some social event wearing an old shirt with a huge stain?

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