Dr. Lynch's Porn Chic: Hyper-Sexual Culture

According to Dr. Lynch, Porn Chic is the hyper-sexual culture that is present in modern day society. She began her presentation by discussing Hugh Hefner, the creator or Playboy, and how he was one of the main figures that began hyper-sexualizing women in society. Four points were brought up relating to Porn Chic: popular culture normalization of sexual objectification and women’s bodies, pop culture normalization of priority/dominance of white mail gaze, oscillation of girls toward self-objectification, and rigid adherence to gender role dichotomy. For example, Hooters is a huge part of Porn Chic because waitresses barely wear anything while on the job, and many customers just go to restaurants to see the women’s bodies. Dr. Lynch even mentioned …show more content…
I never realized how the way clothing is designed puts people in a figurative box. Most clothes are made for either male or female. There is no room for gender fluidity and this puts members of the transgender community in a tough place. I had never thought of this and how segregated clothing is made. Another thing that Dr. Lynch mentioned was how some individuals even get offended that plus sized clothing is organized in a different section of the store. It posed the question of why is plus sized clothing not made like other clothing, made in larger sizes, and placed with all the other clothes. The second thing I will take away is how hard it is to change something from the outside. Dr. Lynch discussed how society needs to change the gender confinement posed by clothing. The problem is that individuals who are not part of the fashion industry have a hard time changing this. However, high end brands such as Gucci are changing their designs on the runway. Their new clothes are more on the unisex side. This is of great benefit to the transgender community. Because high end brands who are a dominant force in the fashion industry and the ones making a change, other companies are following in their