{"id":514290,"date":"2021-05-16T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=514290"},"modified":"2021-05-16T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:50:54","slug":"taking-away-the-male-gaze-some-women-want-to-keep-wearing-masks-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taking-away-the-male-gaze-some-women-want-to-keep-wearing-masks-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Taking Away The Male Gaze\u2019: Some Women Want To Keep Wearing Masks Indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaking-away-the-male-gaze-some-women-want-to-keep-wearing-masks-indefinitely%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=514290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1223790660-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A number of women have come forth asserting they would prefer to keep wearing masks, even after the general public has discarded them, with some of the women offering explanations such as a mask functions as an \u201cinvisibility cloak\u201d or acts \u201calmost like taking away the male gaze.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The women who preferred keeping masks were interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/may\/10\/the-people-who-want-to-keep-masking-its-like-an-invisibility-cloak?\">The Guardian<\/a>, which reported some of these comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"41\">\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want to feel the pressure of smiling at people to make sure everyone knows I\u2019m \u2018friendly\u2019 and \u2018likable.\u2019 It\u2019s almost like taking away the male gaze. There\u2019s freedom in taking that power back.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a New Yorker or maybe it\u2019s because I always feel like I have to present my best self to the world, but it has been such a relief to feel anonymous. It\u2019s like having a force field around me that says \u2018don\u2019t see me.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a common consensus among my co-workers that we prefer not having customers see our faces. Oftentimes when a customer is being rude or saying off-color political things, I\u2019m not allowed to grimace or \u2018make a face\u2019 because that will set them off. With a mask, I don\u2019t have to smile at them or worry about keeping a neutral face. I have had customers get very upset when I don\u2019t smile at them. I deal with anti-maskers constantly at work. They have threatened to hurt me, tried to get me fired, thrown things at me and yelled \u2018f*** you\u2019 in my face. If wearing a mask in the park separates me from them, I\u2019m cool with that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI appreciated that I felt a bit more anonymous in a mask and more gender ambiguous. After lockdown ended, it was confronting to go out and be exposed to all that offhand racism, sexism and misgendering from strangers again \u2026 Sometimes when I\u2019m just going out to grab takeaway, I\u2019ve enjoyed keeping the mask on even though it\u2019s not really necessary here now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI just stare at that little box with my face in it and pick apart my appearance. My double chin seems six times larger, my eye bags are too deep of a purple, etc \u2026 Even when there\u2019s a heatwave and my apartment is close to 90 degrees, I\u2019ll wear a turtleneck that I can pull up. I pack on thick makeup that makes my skin peel. I 10,000% plan on wearing it for the foreseeable future. After a full work day of worrying and not being able to focus on my actual job, it just feels nice to blend in. Simply put, I\u2019m sick of being perceived.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/daily_brief\/news-opinion\/women-keep-face-masks-male-gaze\">Inside Hook<\/a> stated, \u201cOf course, a mere face covering isn\u2019t going to deter the more dedicated cat-callers and unwanted attention-givers among us. After all, the lips may be the vagina of the face or whatever, but suffice to say cat-callers still have plenty of other material to work with even if the mouth and chin remain out of sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Hays of <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/veronica-hays\/2021\/05\/14\/pathetic-vaccinated-feminists-still-masking-avoid-male-gaze\">Newsbusters<\/a> commented, \u201cPersistent mask-wearing even without the presence of health risk is indulging fragile, poorly-adjusted individuals to remain so. The dependency of those who are not eagerly awaiting the unmasking of America is irrational. Personal insecurities are preventing people from surrendering the mask as well as addressing and overcoming internal issues which create this reliance. Mask-wearing is fostering a sense of general distrust between and among individuals, and in this case, is being used by feminists as another way to demonize men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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