Two trending hashtags on Twitter have got people raising their eyebrows again.
The hashtags, #bumbumtwitter and #bigbreasttwitter feature women flaunting their “assets”, with many tying their “gifts” to the countries they are from.
While many of these tweets have gone viral with likes from hundreds of admirers, others have raised arms, saying the trend is contradictory to what women say they want, which is to be respected for their intelligence and personality.
Just two months ago, Amnesty International released a report called Toxic Twitter that claimed that Twitter is failing to put a stop to the online abuse of women using its platform. Some say this trend further compounds on issues such as abuse on social media.
What are your thoughts and where do you stand on this issue? Can women flaunt their assets on social media regardless of their politics; or is this hypocrisy on the part of some women who post such pictures then say they do not want to be objectified?
See some photos from #bumbumtwitter below:
Decided to join this first time ?? squeezed all in ?#FineEdoTwitter #FineEngineerTwitter #BigBumBumTwitter ✌???♀️ pic.twitter.com/OX1fim8Az6
— Bambi™ (@Wendsss_) May 22, 2018
My friends are pretty occupied ATM,I’m posting on their behalf #BigBumBumTwitter pic.twitter.com/PjEfSyfIfB
— Simi {Omo Iya Yinka} (@RetiredGoodBoy) May 22, 2018
I definitely do not qualify but i can try ? #bigbumbumtwitter pic.twitter.com/ZaCOm0rCKK
— MÓRĘNÍKÈJÎMÎ (@mzgbeborun) May 22, 2018
#Bigbumbumtwitter
Does my girl qualify? pic.twitter.com/hS4XiEbyZu— Skankhunt 47 (@47_skankhunt) May 22, 2018
And #bigbreasttwitter:
#BigBreastTwitter airbags to protect my heart from breaking. pic.twitter.com/HxDojPk99x
— Bonolo Maphutha (@MaphuthaBonolo) May 23, 2018
Posting for my neighbors. #BigBreastTwitter pic.twitter.com/dnqZ1oQVSP
— You’re Lit?so I (@Ayojuolalo_) May 22, 2018
Srry more pics of me but had to jump on this #BigBreastTwitter because it’s the only hashtag for me ? pic.twitter.com/0XKX0ea2VD
— jae. (@jaelynnsincere) May 24, 2018
Sooo I heard #BigBreastTwitter was looking for me ? pic.twitter.com/IlINEnNPXJ
— Chanel ? (@xocnyxo) May 23, 2018
#BigBreastTwitter
My DM is open
??? pic.twitter.com/QztE76u6Zr— Catfish Investigator (@iamancestors222) May 22, 2018
Now reactions:
“Don’t objectify me”
“I’m a human being not a piece of meat”
“Don’t sexualise us”
Yet Hashtag look at my bum bum. Hashtag look at my breasts, aren’t they enticing? Your personality is what they’re putting tongue emojis for abi?
One step forward. Five steps backward. Hell oh hell.— ‘ (@bee__vs) May 23, 2018
This isn’t about acting or talking woke! She made a legit point
If women are constantly worried about being objectified so why are you accentuating certain parts of your body in a hashtag? Big bumbum and big breast Twitter looks like a direct validation of objectification
— Rabbòni Sossa (@OluwafemiSossa) May 24, 2018
Breast and Buttocks, just like the penis are highly associated with sex.
Women claim to want to be seen for what they achieved, not as sexual beings.
So I wonder how a trend that started with professionalism ended with #bumbumtwitter and #BigBreastTwitter
Comfort zone?
— Rukevwe (@MrJerryOnos) May 23, 2018
I decided to block my facebook and instagram account so as to stay holy this Ramandan period because awon omo shaku shaku full that social media, and now that you people here don start #bumbumtwitter en…where una want make i go again en…..face down
— THE HUSBAND MATERIAL (@ig_scott) May 22, 2018
I can see #bumbumtwitter, #BigbreastTwitter Why no #bigdicktwitter ?? Na
— ✗Adesoji (@Desoji_YL) May 23, 2018
What some guys use to pay for is now freely displayed on this app #BigBreastTwitter pic.twitter.com/HUYfESleRy
— Oɴε godFαтнεર??™ (@ItsPresmatic) May 22, 2018
Wait oo.. The latest trend now is #BigBreastTwitter ….
If you are a boy, am bringing Chairs and enough popcorn for us, God had favored us, it’s our season ? pic.twitter.com/rdtqUcYn4I
— Kayceeubah ? (@Kayceeubah34) May 22, 2018
#BigbreastTwitter
Airtel said iv used 95% of my bundle, hehehehe…i buy another one. We die here seh!!— Lord Scummander ▪||▪ May 24 ? (@zhurg_) May 22, 2018