The biggest insecurity i had today was being so exposed and not looking like the dudes who sell this s%*t to us. IBut then i realised, my body is not bad. I look after myself, i don't have an inch of fat and my scars are part of me, fat people wish they had my body. SO WHAT! But the thing is i'm young, almost still a boy but not really. And as Bordo discribes:
"...we seem to have different rules for boys and men... The more languid, narcissistic, come hither poses (in pictures) are of boys and very young men. Once a certain ageline is crossed-if the ad is depicting (and addressing) a full-fledged male citizen, a developed subject rather than a developing one- phalic mastery becomes a requirement."
She goes on to state:
"in these poses, the naked male body is martial, confronting, challenging, not at all "passive" "Yeah, I'm in underwear," the bodies seem to be saying, "Wanna make something of it?"
Bordo(1999)
So..... i have quiet a lot to think about before my next 'strip show'... stay tuned.
what happened to you? where is your next powerful instalment?
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