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What Would You Say If You Saw This Body?

My body is not an object. And neither am I.

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What Would You Say If You Saw This Body?
Paul Shen

Earlier this month, Odyssey re-published a long-time popular article about girls who are doing a thing called "Yeti-Butting." Its popularity is probably why the written article was telling girls who Yeti-Butt to stop doing it. There was a comment in the post that talked about how Odyssey 'exploits' women's bodies. In addition, I too, have read some of the rude and disgusting comments from older men encouraging such girls to continue setting themselves up for exploitation, such as the ones below (although from a different article).

The person behind the comment regarding exploitation is completely right. It's the result of people intentionally exposing their secret lustful dreams to the public. Not only that, blame is being unjustly thrown upon those girls. Girls, it's not your fault and it never will be.

I just don't understand anymore why some of these 'men,' who are supposed to be of maturity, have the nerve to unleash their sexual fetishes and lustful thoughts in the open for everyone to see. What's worse is that there are people who enjoy seeing such men make those remarks. Is that really a good thing? Let me tell you one word: NO.

What would you say if you saw this body?

I've been caught in a compromising act on webcam chat before and the girl (who I was in the chat with) attempt to extort money from me to prevent secretly recorded images and videos of me from being posted onto the internet. I know what it's like to be a man whose body is used in an attempt to be exploited. I know too that girls don't like it at all.

Newsflash! Guys don't like it either.

I've had comments thrown my way from older women calling me cute and handsome in a derogatory way before, too, and I know for sure that I didn't enjoy any of those comments. I haven't been blamed for it yet, but someday I will, whenever that is. All I know is that if I tell ANYONE about it, I won't be taken seriously. Why is that? Don't ask me since I can't give you a genuine answer.

Put a stop to this exploitation NOW.

I frankly don't care about what anybody will say about my body when they see this, whether it's encouraging me to show more of my body or cover up, to tell me that I'm hot or ugly, asking for my number, or sliding in my DM's, or whatever it is. I will guarantee that there are people out there who will objectify and worship my body behind closed doors but encourage me not to stop like these 'men' are doing to girls.

What would you say if you saw this body? Sound off in the comments.

[Throws Mic Down]

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