objectification!

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dadof2ofthem · 23/06/2011 23:05

ok, this is a serious question
i was talking to a female friend of mine recently, she's educated and emancipated etc, i said "i dont get the 'objectification' argument, i've never once been aroused by an object"

she laughed and told me "it's object as apposed to subject " "ahhhh" i said as though it had just dawned on me what she ment.

if your objective your inpartial, well thats my understanding anyway, and subjective meants your subject to some other force , influencing your opinion.

maybe one of you can fill the gaps for me ?

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GrimmaTheNome · 24/06/2011 07:57

Some men when thinking with their 'lower brain' can be pretty simple people...'phoar, look at the tits on that, I could do her' type of response.

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dadof2ofthem · 24/06/2011 07:50

thanx giyadas that explanation is quite concise, seems 'objectification' does indeed come from 'object'in the phsyical sense.

so, it's simpler than i was thinking.

but i would say , if this is the case that most examples of objectification in our society are misplaced, i think only very simple people would think of female representaions in art/porn/the media are dehumanised to the status of objects.

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DontCallMePeanut · 24/06/2011 07:34

What HerBeX said.

It takes the element of humanity away from women. Their emotions and thoughts don't matter, as long as you can fantasize about, or even CAN, fuck them.

Because, hell... That's all we're good for

HerBeX · 23/06/2011 23:24

I always understood it as turning women into objects as opposed to full human beings.

Objects to fuck.

Is that too simplistic?

giyadas · 23/06/2011 23:12

there's a good explanation at feminism 101

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