Today's Daily Literature Quote is…

Quote Originally Posted by Ways of Seeing by John Berger
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
It's not an unknown fact that women are held to a double standard. And if you go to an art museum you're more than likely going to see a woman naked, that's just a fact. And while I will never understand what is so appealing about the female body, it doesn't change the fact that it is objectified. People will stare and cat call when someone with a nice body walks by, but then when a woman looks at herself, it's considered vain or narcissist. I think this is very true in some paintings and sculptures where they purposely put the woman in a position to where she is naked. Then again, I could be looking into this all wrong but who knows.