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Oscars dresses and female sexualisation

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Aphrathestorm · 13/03/2023 09:28

Anyone else noticed the trend of hyper sexualisation of female dresses at this year's Oscar's?

The men have no flesh on display below the neck (maybe one exception I've seen). Even in the noughties (no I'm not talking about the 70s/80s here the female dress code for the Oscar's was no low cleavages and no leg on show above the knees.

Obviously there were always a few rebels and self expression is good.

But it's like it's now expected for women to have uncomfortably positioned breasts and/or right up the thigh skirt gaps.

Only Jamie lee Curtis has a long sleeved dress.

When hypersexualised clothing becomes the norm is that not more oppression than expression?

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Nooyoiknooyoik · 18/03/2023 22:21

Onnabugeisha · 18/03/2023 19:59

I really do not care who wears what to any award thing.

I do think that the prudish judgements which are running rampant on this thread aren’t taking into account the serious erosion of womens rights in the US - the US seems to be in the grip of some old patriarchal religious right misogyny the way abortions and morning after pills are being outlawed in state after state.

Perhaps in a country where women are losing control over their reproductive rights, it makes a kind of sense to overtly display that women can be sexual and have the right to be sexual.

Not prudish at all. More being aware that part of putting women down is to put them in a purely sexual role. In case you’ve missed it there’s a lot of concern about porn and its effect on the attitude of young men towards women. Strange that so many women seem to think that appearing half naked is the best way to dress. It’s not daring or new or exciting or taboo-breaking - far from it - it’s so common that it’s merely depressing.

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Nooyoiknooyoik · 18/03/2023 22:22

midgemadgemodge · 18/03/2023 20:37

No what they are doing is reinforcing the narrative that women are only good for fucking and cleaning

Exactly.

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Onnabugeisha · 18/03/2023 23:11

Nooyoiknooyoik · 18/03/2023 22:21

Not prudish at all. More being aware that part of putting women down is to put them in a purely sexual role. In case you’ve missed it there’s a lot of concern about porn and its effect on the attitude of young men towards women. Strange that so many women seem to think that appearing half naked is the best way to dress. It’s not daring or new or exciting or taboo-breaking - far from it - it’s so common that it’s merely depressing.

Apparently there is still a stigma though judging by all the pearl clutching and you slut shaming accomplished actors by comparing them to porn stars simply because of what they freely chose to wear.

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Disydoll12 · 22/03/2023 13:37

If I was a teenager now, I would be horrified. Nothing but skimpy clothes. The t shirts are cropped, skin tight leggings etc. It's so hard to buy mine decent clothes. They don't want to walk around barely covered up and uncomfortable either.

It seems like extreme forms of feminisation lately. Looking like porn stars/strippers/prostitutes seems to be the norm. Depressing.

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