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Video and full post here: http://www.rhyannawatson.com/sexualization-and-finding-someone-attractive-not-mutually-exclusive/ SEXUALIZATION AND FINDING SOMEONE ATTRACTIVE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE Instagram @rhyannawatson Iâm going to give these commenters the benefit of the doubt and assume they genuinely donât understand that portraying images of an attractive human body is not the same as objectification. For a perfect, timely example, just look at the Olympics. These elite athletes are not doing anything sexual in their events, but the prime physical condition of their bodies and the close-fitting and/or revealing clothing worn to achieve peak performance often aligns with what society has deemed sexy. And nobody has a problem with Olympic spectators thinking the athletes are hot. I repeat: nobody has a problem with you being turned on by people you find attractive. The human body is neutral, not inherently objectified just by virtue of being visible. Sexiness without objectification is not some hypothetical or abstract concept. Basically, sexuality is active, while nudity is passive. Take two situations. In the first, a woman is in her bedroom stripping down to a bra and panties, literally about to have sex with her husband/wife/one-night-stand. In the second, sheâs still in her bra and panties, but sheâs sitting on the kitchen floor reading âVogueâ and eating peanut butter out of the jar. One of these situations is sexual, one of them isnât. And that disparity isnât due to her state of undress, but to what sheâs actually choosing to do with it. Nudity or semi-nudity, in and of itself, is not inherently sexual. It can be, but it doesnât have to be. So what are the consequences of this
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