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Narcissism - You can love yourself, but not too much.

Watching Emma Watson’s speech at the UN was fascinating. I don’t think that I am a Feminist, but her words moved me and triggered a string of  personal  thoughts about gender inequality. There are so many things that we could talk about, but something that has become very apparent in the media over the past year or so are the naked photographs of celebrities that have been leaked on the internet. Now I’m sure so many of us were quick to judge – yes, the only sure fire way of not having naked photo’s leaked is to not take them in the first place. But these pictures were intimate; they were meant for husbands and partners, not for public consumption.   We have all probably done it, sent a few racy snaps to a boyfriend or girlfriend; it makes us feel sexy, liberated knowing that a picture of our body drives them wild. But what  if it suddenly finds it s way into the wrong hands? I will admit, I was once forwarded a racy picture of a girl and the first thing I thought wa...