What can we learn about ourselves from images? Mini-Project 3 What can we learn about ourselves from images?

Image 1, Vacation

What does this tell us? Vacations involve tropical locations Vacations must be near the beach Vacations must be expensive

Image 2, Perpetrator

What does this tell us? Only men are perpetrators. By default women aren’t. – This becomes increasing apparent when you look up victim (omitted for graphic content). If men are perpetrators and women are victims, then men who are victims have an invisible barrier to overcome before their claims will be taken seriously.

Image 3, Teen

What does this tell us? An overly sexualized concept of teen girls. Females are over represented, as are Caucasians, and thin body types. These pictures suggest that teen girls only exist to be used as porn fodder.

Final Thoughts Vacations show the classism inherent in innocuous images. If you can’t afford a trip to Tahiti, and instead opt for a lower budget vacation, you have failed. Perpetrators must be men, victims must be women therefore any man who is a victim must be “a women”. This is a dangerous attitude as it helps to prevent men from seeking help if needed. It’s also lends to the attitude of women being weaker than men which is dangerous all in itself. Teens have no identity other than the masturbatory fodder that teen girls appear to serve. This objectification of girls and invisibility of boys or transgendered shows that teenagers have no agency we should care about. Meaning that we don’t need to listen to them or take them seriously about anything. This is dangerous for the obvious exploitation reasons, but also for the identity of the teen themselves. If you don’t matter, how does that affect your life? Nothing good comes from this attitude.