Re-recorded. More organized and better opinions lol. I speak on how we define empowerment and choice, and how teenage girls are affected by the patriarchy, and way more juicy stuff. Hope u enjoy and talk to ur friends abt it. Much love. PD: I have changed my mind about the issue of “choice” in this matter. Choice is one of the most prevalent issues when talking about this. Young girls are being societally groomed to show their bodies, self-objectify and sexualize, and think that all of that is the only way to be empowered as a female. Self objectification has been proven to cause depression, anxiety, eating disorders and a low attention span, the only ones being benefited by these being men, ONCE AGAIN. When men sexualize themselves it’s without pressure from society, they can freely choose to be sexual and please the “female gaze” or not. However, young girls are FORCED to think of their bodies and sexualities as their main assets, at least nowadays, where the only female models they see are hyper-sexualized and meet the male gaze. We teach them that their only way to be empowered as a woman is to show herself in a sexual manner, coincidentally, only when her body looks like the same exact replica of the male gaze. We’re forcing them to twerk and do tik tok dances, taking their clothes off and only show their figures, not their faces or expressions (OBJECTIFICATION AT ITS FINEST) behind a red light, and call this retaking back their sexuality, when the only thing they’re showing is how they’re being groomed to do this. I’m not saying that women should stop being sexual, I’m saying that we should STOP BEING GROOMED into being sexual, our “sexual” always replicating what men want from us. When we stop being groomed, then there’ll actually be autonomous choice from young girls regarding sexuality. We should be permitted to freely grow and decide what we find empowering, without it being imposed on us. We cannot speak about freedom of full autonomous choice from women without talking about how the patriarchy affects our choices. Why are men empowered by being CEOs and leaders and women by replicating the male gaze, and showing their body in a sexual manner? There is no autonomous choice when we force girls into doing this. They’re not reclaiming their sexuality, they’re replicating hypersexualized models of femininity created BY MEN and think that it’s the epitome of female empowerment. The only way to stop this is to show girls female role models that aren’t seen as pieces of meat by the media, and showing them smart, assertive, kind, creative, honest, ambitious, logical, empathetic, etc role models. As of now, we cannot call this a choice, when society forces girls to do this. It’s not a choice, it’s the patriarchy.