When you experience being objectified by others or become aware of the unavoidable objectification of bodies in our media, culture, and personal interactions, you learn to view yourself that way, and your identity becomes divided: the whole, embodied human on the beach, and the self-objectifying, image-focused part of yourself trying to stay afloat in the water. You leave behind your embodied, whole, complete self on the shore as you wade, dive, or get pulled into the water. As your clothes, skin, and hair get drenched, you are pulled into a new way of navigating and understanding the world
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