Wednesday 11 May 2011

Tubecrush...

It's not often you think about woman being perverts, this stereotype is deemed to men...

'a coed group of Londoners is subjecting men to unwitting Internet objectification with TubeCrush.net'

At first it may seem a laughing matter and we may generalise that males would handle the situation better...However the truth in question is if this were woman snapshots on a website holding a rating system, I am sure there would seem more vulnerability within the case. The other side questions a level of privacy and being subjected to having an image of ourself uploaded onto the internet without giving our permission. But we go through this everyday, our images are captured through various forms of cctv and we, by no choice of our own have to accept that who ever witnesses our bodies on camera are trusted to be responsible towards the material. If we looked at things to the extreme of protecting our privacy we would always be walking around with bags over our heads (somewhat now the dress of a muslim female seems ideal if you think about it...)


Society controls and it will always control us. I am not saying accept and move on of course-perhaps we could be provided with a little bit more information of where and when we are on camera (like those smiley face stickers do on the bus!). We know full well there is a balance to what should be put out there and what shouldn't. I personally don't agree with the website because I know full well If I found an image of myself up on the internet without agreeing to its publication-wouldn't it make you feel quite uncomfortable? It's why on facebook we have the option to untag the 'embarrasing' or inappropriate shots. It would feel like a computerised spotlight and on the one hand an unfair matter of judgement if we give no agreement for it.

Conversely, what have we got to hide? Coming from a film background I have had occasions where people have not wanted to be on film for reasons they could not give other than their own desire to show whose boss. Sometimes people just like to show their authority. Perhaps deep down we know that whenever an image of ourselves is put out there, we are automatically subjected into a position of vulnerability. Though who are we more scared of, subjection from others or subjection from ourselves?

I can see why those, regardless of the set up, do not like their picture taken. I am not sure how much subjectivity we are prepared to put ourselves up for...

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