Beauty, youth, vigour, and health are extolled in our society.
June 23, 2005 (Press Release) --
Whose body is it anyway?
Beauty, youth, vigour, and health are extolled in our society. It's impossible to watch television, view a film, or read a magazine without seeing idealise models or actors portraying what is supposed to represent the height of physical and material perfection. We are taught to believe that outer appearance is everything.
By having enough of the right material stuff (i.e., the right body, the right clothes, the right car, a house in the right neighbourhood) we will be happy, successful, and fulfilled. The emphasis is thus on having rather than being.
Getting to know what turns you on - sexual or nonsexual - means becoming more who you are than what you have. As you become more aware of yourself, you become more open to others and that leads to greater pleasures to be gained with other people.
Beauty, youth, vigour, and health are extolled in our society. It's impossible to watch television, view a film, or read a magazine without seeing idealise models or actors portraying what is supposed to represent the height of physical and material perfection. We are taught to believe that outer appearance is everything.
By having enough of the right material stuff (i.e., the right body, the right clothes, the right car, a house in the right neighbourhood) we will be happy, successful, and fulfilled. The emphasis is thus on having rather than being.
Getting to know what turns you on - sexual or nonsexual - means becoming more who you are than what you have. As you become more aware of yourself, you become more open to others and that leads to greater pleasures to be gained with other people.
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