The male gaze has historically been how many of us determine our own worth, causing us to spiral in our perceptions of our own bodies as well as the bodies of other women, even of those we don’t know, like the famous women who we’ve been invited by our culture to objectify for eons. It’s wild to me that we are literally responsible for bringing forth life onto this earth and yet are so consistently and relentlessly devalued for the parts of our bodies that aren’t aesthetically ideal in the eyes of misogynistic men. It makes me mad, sure, but it also makes me realize that I need to be strong
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