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In reply to the discussion: For those women who think objectifying women as sex objects is OK [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)What makes you think that by being excited by a woman's body part also means that you become incapable of also appreciating that woman or other women as humans?
Let me show you how silly that is.
You see a football player on TV and think "Damn, he sure can break a tackle!"
Does that mean that you are reducing all football players to being worth nothing other than their ability to break a tackle.
Protest all you want, but that is a perfectly reasonable comparison.
The fact is that what you REALLY want to object to is bad behavior. And I agree. Bad behavior such as harassing or whistling at women on the streets is bad. Ogling their bodies up and down is bad. I get it.
But there is no such thing as "objectifying" that has a magical power. What you call objectifying is merely sexual attraction and as long as it does not create bad behavior among individuals, I think it is ridiculous to make up a thing called "objectifying" and then try to explain away bad human behavior with it.
As for the "I'd do her" comments that you say you've seen, I don't know about that and I really don't care. I don't see it as a problem. I know you do. We disagree. I don't use the phrase myself much, but I have heard women as well as men say it. It's an expression of a healthy sexual appetite.
So no, I do NOT think it is ugly, nor do I think it demeans anyone to find attraction in certain body parts. Nor do I think it is wrong. I think sexuality is one facet of the human experience and should be enjoyed in all its passion and weirdness.