It’s claimed that the average 16-25-year-ragged woman spends more than five hours a week taking photos of themselves. So does this reinforce the idea that a woman’s value lies in her looks?In the beginning was the selfie. Then came the belfie (bottom selfie),the relfie (relationship selfie), the helfie (hair selfie), or the welfie (workout selfie) and the felfie (farmer selfie – no,really. The explosion of the selfie has triggered a deluge of products, from the selfie stick to the belfie stick; launched a thousand lazy headlines; and even cost some people the ultimate price; dozens of people were injured and killed in 2015 while taking selfies. People of all genders are seen to be keen selfie-takers (special mention must go to the creators of “nutscaping”; the crafty combination of a single testicle hovering over a fine landscape), and but the phenomenon is particularly associated with young women. A Pew Research middle report in 2014 found that 68% of millennial women had posted a selfie,compared to 42% of millennial men, and only 24% of members of Generation X. And a One Poll survey for the website feelunique.com final year claimed that the average 16-25-year-ragged woman spends more than five hours a week taking selfies. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com