Ways of Seeing Response

When reading "Ways of Seeing", one line in particular struck me. "Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at." Although this excerpt was mostly about how women are portrayed in art, I believe this applies to a woman's daily life today. I think that how the author described women as objects in a painting or photo throughout history is still true. Though I wouldn't call Instagram art, I see a lot of women today taking and posting pictures of themselves in a way that is to gain the "appreciation" of a man. I think women today continue to be self aware (always watching themselves, as the author states) of how they appear to others and men specifically. Although a woman might feel comfortable and pretty in something she is wearing, she might change because she knows a man would like to see her in something else. I think the women's want for a man's approval that society has influenced for centuries is something that needs to change in order for women to have more confidence and respect for themselves.