Do Women Who Have Plastic Surgery Objectify Themselves?
Women will spend billions of dollars this year on plastic surgery. Some will say it is to make themselves more attractive to men. Some will say it is to "make myself feel better about me".
Some of these same women will be pointing their fingers and crying sexual harassment and discrimination through their collagen injected lips while their newly enhanced DD breasts are popping out of their low cut blouses. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to tell just exactly how outraged they are because their botoxed faces show no emotion. It will be confusing as to whether the pain actually comes from their tummy tuck, liposuction procedure or the humiliation they have suffered at the hands of that man who had the audacity to say "you look good".
I have heard women say they didn’t have the procedure to get attention from men and that a man doesn’t have the right to look at her or to comment about her body. Does anyone else find it to be hypocritical that these women scream harassment when they dress in low cut, tight blouses and short skirts to show off their new "enhancements"? I would say this about any woman, not just the ones who have had plastic surgery. I agree that women are harassed and some have true cases where they have suffered terrible things so don’t start screaming at me about how insensitive I am. All I’m asking is if you think some of these people bring this on themselves with their provocative clothing, etc.
ok, as far defining "provocative" I did say low cut, tight blouses and short skirts, etc. Also, at no time did I say Muslim or Islamic country. I’m talking about America, etc. where women actually dress this way. Also, at no time did I say I was against plastic surgery. My sister had a tummy tuck after her second child. The question was, do you think women who have all these procedures done and then dress provocatively have the right to scream harassment when someone comments on their new body?
I will give you a mans take on this… not all men, but my take. As far as the harassment goes, it is never right for a man or a woman to physically or verbally harass another person for how they look or what they wear. Regardless of whether or not they have had enhancement surgery, it is not acceptable behavior. But I think Dave Chapelle said it best when he said "Fine, you are not a whore, but you are wearing a whore’s uniform." It makes a good point. If you don’t want to attract a certain kind of attention then you should not dress or act in the way that does. You don’t want to attract the attention of the police do you? I guess not so you obey the law to keep out of their sights. Is it right? Not necessarily, but it just is and I seriously doubt you are going to change billions of minds to act and think differently. Do they have a right to scream bloody murder when someone breathes the wrong way? Sure, but the more you do the less people listen and eventually no one will heed your cries for help when you actually need it.
my reasoning was for years I was tired of being taped for body fat content int he army. I would run six miles and stand all day long and swet int he motro pool and then do mor erunning after work and on the weekends and still not loose my baby pouch and my weight would go up and down, so I got abdominal plasty when I got out of the army, they cut the excess skin off and lipo-ed the rest out. I felt better about myself and finally had a flat stomach.
My bro. got the stomach surgery, he ran for a while but it looks liek he is gainign the weight back again. i am maintaining my weight, I run 45- to a hour three times a week.
Not necessarily, a woman can be virtually naked and it doesn’t give any person the right to molest/accost/harass her. If an individual seeks plastic surgery, its usually due to some personal insecurity or lack of self-confidence.
Anybody gropes my boob, doesn’t matter what i am wearing, doesn’t matter if they are fake or not, they will get a punch in the mouth.
That’s ridiculous. If you went to a muslim country, your western clothes would not be appropriate. Would you deserve it if you were raped?
Yes, it at times makes the situtation worse, but no they do not ‘ask for it’.
As for plastic surgery, they have low self esteem and that’s why they think it looks beautiful. However, there are some people who are disfigured and have it to make them feel whole again. I’m sure if you had a mastectomy you’d think twice about plastic surgery.
The problem with your argument is that no one can define what is "provocative clothing" and what isn’t. In some Middle Eastern countries you’ll get killed for not covering your body – head to foot. In some areas in the Indian subcontinent, jeans is considered to be "provocative" and "slu*****".
So, I agree with the previous answerer. Since no one has the right to decide what is and what is not provocative, no one has the right to harass someone for wearing (or not wearing) something.
And btw, in most cases the men you referred to, would say much more than "you look good" and that just isn’t right.
Exactly. If you think you have the right to decide that low cut blah blah is provocative, the Taliban have the right to decide that not wearing the Islamic veil is provocative. Let me rephrase my argument. What I mean is that since one person’s view of "decentness" can differ from another person’s, it is pointless to state that some women bring harassment on themselves by dressing in a particular manner. It might just be that their perspective is different from yours – just as yours is different from that of the Taliban.
you’re crazy that’s my input.