absolutely, esp. with the gender angle - men’s spatial autonomy obviously matters too, but the people who most often violate women’s autonomy are … men :-/
If I were a man I would try to be especially careful about not touching women like this (and to be fair, I’m sure lots of men feel this way - it’s not fun to be labelled or viewed as a predator, and I’m sure lots of men adjust their behavior accordingly).
sorry, I’m not following - I don’t think I derived much from the picture, other than maybe that it’s a man reaching to touch a woman to grab her attention. Beyond that there is the understanding / interpretation of the man as being a particular man, i.e. Olaf Scholz, and likewise that the woman is Annalena Baerbock, but that context is provided by the title more than the photo.
The norms about when it is acceptable to touch people, the way gender alters those dynamics, and so on doesn’t derive from the photo at all, it’s the other way around - interpretation being applied to the photo.
So are you saying I assume too much, that I am lacking context to muse about gender norms like this, or something else?
The only intent I derive from the photo is that he’s trying to get her attention. Do you think the photo provides sufficient context to say he’s trying to get her attention?
absolutely, esp. with the gender angle - men’s spatial autonomy obviously matters too, but the people who most often violate women’s autonomy are … men :-/
If I were a man I would try to be especially careful about not touching women like this (and to be fair, I’m sure lots of men feel this way - it’s not fun to be labelled or viewed as a predator, and I’m sure lots of men adjust their behavior accordingly).
You derive a lot of information from a single picture.
sorry, I’m not following - I don’t think I derived much from the picture, other than maybe that it’s a man reaching to touch a woman to grab her attention. Beyond that there is the understanding / interpretation of the man as being a particular man, i.e. Olaf Scholz, and likewise that the woman is Annalena Baerbock, but that context is provided by the title more than the photo.
The norms about when it is acceptable to touch people, the way gender alters those dynamics, and so on doesn’t derive from the photo at all, it’s the other way around - interpretation being applied to the photo.
So are you saying I assume too much, that I am lacking context to muse about gender norms like this, or something else?
I don’t think any of us have sufficient context from this picture to derive any intent.
The only intent I derive from the photo is that he’s trying to get her attention. Do you think the photo provides sufficient context to say he’s trying to get her attention?