I hope this is okay, but I'd like to add my own 'not sure what I was feeling' story.
A few weeks ago I was attending a zoom support group, and one of the women got completely undressed in full few of the camera.
At first I wasn't sure what was happening, but when anyone is moving around my eye is naturally drawn to the zoom box. Unfortunately when I backed up to the previous page of zoom boxes, there she was again! The host was new to hosting and didn't know how to turn of the woman's camera, and it all went on far too long. I have no idea if the woman was an exhibitionist or if she simply forgot her camera was on. But I had to leave and I haven't been able to go back.
The group itself was not important to me, so it's no great loss to not go back. but I felt really uncomfortable. The woman was older, but not a lot older. I think it reminded me of when I was a child and adults would undress in front of me as though I was a cat or a dog, or a piece of furniture - I always hated that and it did feel like my boundaries were crossed.
I'm a 50 years old, but this woman getting naked, quite suddenly and uninvited...well I felt assaulted in a strange way. It's difficult to explain. There were several other women in the meeting, but they're not in the room with me, it's all on zoom, so it did feel as this woman had entered my living room and stripped down. I think it would be less of an affront if I was in a public place with others present. But I was shaken and agitated from the event for several hours afterwards. I was fine by the next day, but when I think about it, I feel a bit sick to my stomach.
Not sure if anyone else has experienced something like that, but if you have, you're not alone.
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