Zivity and Body Image
According to Mary Hodder, posing (clothed) for Zivity only sexualizes and objectifies women. And according to Meryl Steinberg it’s tantamount to prostitution. That’s right, women’s bodies are dirty and shameful and should always be hidden, and individual women shouldn’t be allowed the freedom to make up their own minds on how to use them.
These two are claiming to be looking out for the other women in Silicon Valley? (And didn’t you know the only thing Cyan Banister is good at is taking off her top?) Perhaps they think women should only be seen in public wearing full length robes so as to hide their dirty bodies? Zivity is FAR from perfect but this level of criticism is just plain ridiculous. Wake me up when a thoughtful discussion of Zivity and its issues is started.
[Note: It's conceivable I'm mischaracterizing Mary or Meryl, more than conceivable actually as I did exaggerate their statements, and that they're just ranting or some such in the post I linked to. However, I really don't see how someone could claim that Zivity equals prostitution or anything similar, even if they're blowing off a little steam.]
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PreMagination » Blog Archive » Zivity - A Tantalizing Combination of Different Elements August 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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