I aim to commence this blog researching "The Fall of the Pin-up Girl", over a series of posts sharing my views and opinions. This is a topic that extends far beyond “Pin-up” culture and could more appropriately be named The Rise in Affirmation of the Self.
Firstly so there is no confusion, what do I mean when I say pin-up? Simply a girl or woman whose glamorous qualities make her a suitable subject to be gazed at.
Firstly so there is no confusion, what do I mean when I say pin-up? Simply a girl or woman whose glamorous qualities make her a suitable subject to be gazed at.
It appears the male gaze in general, has seen a massive change over the past 15-20 years. I have grown up seeing “Top Shelf” soft porn in shops, hyper-realistic pictures of women and highly sexualised female celebrities. Yet whilst maturing I have read about and watched movies starring the most beautiful and sexy women in the 1940s and 1950s. It is obvious there is a substantial shift in male gaze between the two.
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