Source: mynameiskiddoMeanwhile in Vallarta :3
Distinguished sociologist Erving Goffman noted that women in photographs are often portrayed in compromising or submissive situations such as having the head turned upwards to expose the neck or in a contorted stances often with light self-touching. Such poses invite the gaze of the viewer and make the subject of the photograph seem vulnerable and exposed to sexualization.
Jean Kilbourne talks a lot about this as well but more in photography used for advertisement. It’s really fascinating/upsetting stuff.
Very interesting :3
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