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In reply to the discussion: For those women who think objectifying women as sex objects is OK [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I think (just my opinion) that when people say they dress or accessorize to make themselves "feel better or more confident" about themselves, they are doing essentially the same thing.
We all build our self-images by reflecting off how we think others see us. Right? That is how we come to have an idea of ourselves, using others as a mirror.
So if you find a way of dressing, walking or acting that makes you more confident, I believe it means that you THINK you have come upon a way of dip laying yourself to the world so that you have gotten closer to attaining your desired image. Some people want to use their image to project a message that is solely from themselves, yes, that is true. But a far larger percentage of people want to be VIEWED in a certain way (attractive, scary, tough, sensitive or other)
So do I think that women only dress to appear attractive? No, I do not.
I will restate: Men AND Women dress, act, behave, speak, adorn, walk, talk, etc in order to project a certain image that will have a certain effect on how others view them.