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[matrixmann]

Is "celebrating your sexuality" something that Western mainstream culture meanwhile attributes positively only to women?
'Cause, if a man does that the same way how a woman does that, either they call him "Chauvinist!" or they decline with a thanks, rolling their eyes over the guy "oh man, he's so gay...", which then doesn't count as "an average man celebrating his urges and desires".
So, is it that this celebration of oneself is a female trait in the first place - or is it that a manly style meanwhile has become regarded so much against the public morals, so that only gay men with an instinctive style more similar to women are allowed to celebrate themselves in this point of their personalities (but those don't count as "manly pride" because of their basic sexual orientation and their rather effeminate kind to take this aspect on)?

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[onb2017.livejournal.com]

Don't worry even for women it is something hypocritical. Just a money grab. Use it for marketing and make extra cash. So they chose something that is more likely to get sympathy and bring more profit.

[matrixmann]

In general, I'd say that is the basic concept and purpose behind it.
But... I think that hides behind a lot of complicated structures that one just needs to manage to unravel them in this century.
Lots and lots of groups, pretending to act for the good of people, but in fact, what they do is brainwashing people with some really absurd stuff that is absolutely not essential for their lives, it's not even factually correct.

Ah, saying...
I came across this more accidently.
Something reminded me of the picture where Lady Gaga once wore an outfit on stage that really applied pyrotechnics to her tits. The image was supposed to be something like "setting her tits on fire".
It got me thinking about it what would happen if a male did the same thing with a body part of him that was attributed exclusively for males? (like his dick or whatever)
I got the strong impression like, if that took place, either they called him gay (because only gay people are established these days as people who are allowed to celebrate male sexuality - and which are crazy about dicks...) or they'd call him totally nuts and too much a Chauvinist.
Why? 'Cause - male sexuality? Taboo. Female sexuality? Yippieyeah!
The attributes have been shifted and applied like that.
It's been quite a long time since you had some international artist, a male, who celebrated his own being, not being a dick-obsessed gay man (could be a different type of gay man though... just not that type.), and he openly called out to give no fuck about what media coverage and stupid stories say about him.
It's really a long time ago since you had such a type of person around.
And THAT, I guess, tells a lot about this business and about this "celebrate yourself"-aspect...

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do agree that women can go away with way more crap like that than men. Probably because a woman traditionally more of a victim. Just yesterday I read an article about the Russian NHL player who beat up his wife so bad that she needed 8 stitches on her face. Thus a woman can demonstrate her sexuality without implications that she can use any of that for violence. That' s why I think it is more accepted. Although in some cases women frame men and sent innocent dudes to jail but that's a different story.

[matrixmann]

In Western feminist ideology, women are always the victims and, probably, can get away with whatever they want because - don't you dare to critisize a woman, you sexist!
I don't know, sure this played a role in that - in making female sexuality something that should cause positive reactions. You know, you aren't allowed to not clap your hands and praise her for her "courage".
At least I feel like this has been the "first stage", like it's been part of the old femenism.
Feminism from the modern days, it takes slightly more a turn towards accusing everyone else of objectifying a woman, while she actually does that herself pretty well or even wants that. So to say, a "go hide your tits!"-ideology that isn't so amused about younger and prettier women using exactly what they were taught to use in order to progress in this world.
Although, still rests also that part of the ideological scene which encourages you to praise a woman for showing herself naked. (Duuuuh... *yawns*)

Let's say, due to that, somehow, there's been a huge focusing onto female sexuality, while condemning the male version of it, if it's something else than what a woman would do too.