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Body Bars’ spark outrage
Nyotaimori is the name given to the Japanese tradition of eating Sushi off a perfectly still, naked woman’s body.
An article in the Gleaner on Tuesday, September 4th, indicated that the entertainment industry facilitates the practice of what it termed body bars – “persons eating fruits, whipped cream and strawberry from the body of a woman”
The inclusion of alcohol is an added risk to the participants.
The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is expressing outrage at the growing practice of using women’s bodies as “body bars”.
The bureau in a release states that it is a deplorable and harmful practice and constitutes a violation of women’s human rights, particularly women and girls who are more vulnerable to sexual and other forms of exploitation.
It adds that the practice of using women’s bodies as “body bars” is a form of discrimination to “the extent that it constitutes the sexual exploitation, objectification, and commodification of the bodies of women and girls involved”.
The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is encouraging women to place a high value on themselves and not allow others to use them as objects of pleasure or commodity.
It’s also urging the media to be more responsible when reporting issues of this nature and take into account the various ages of readers and the impact stories or images such as these could have on them.
Nyotaimori is the name given to the Japanese tradition of eating Sushi off a perfectly still, naked woman’s body.
An article in the Gleaner on Tuesday, September 4th, indicated that the entertainment industry facilitates the practice of what it termed body bars – “persons eating fruits, whipped cream and strawberry from the body of a woman”
The inclusion of alcohol is an added risk to the participants.
The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is expressing outrage at the growing practice of using women’s bodies as “body bars”.
The bureau in a release states that it is a deplorable and harmful practice and constitutes a violation of women’s human rights, particularly women and girls who are more vulnerable to sexual and other forms of exploitation.
It adds that the practice of using women’s bodies as “body bars” is a form of discrimination to “the extent that it constitutes the sexual exploitation, objectification, and commodification of the bodies of women and girls involved”.
The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is encouraging women to place a high value on themselves and not allow others to use them as objects of pleasure or commodity.
It’s also urging the media to be more responsible when reporting issues of this nature and take into account the various ages of readers and the impact stories or images such as these could have on them.
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