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In reply to the discussion: For those women who think objectifying women as sex objects is OK [View all]Tumbulu
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I am not a scholar, but a plant breeder and farmer. I hang out on DU because I should be out doing hard work and I want an excuse to sit in my little singlewide that is warm and dry and be still and read what people are thinking about all over the country and interact with them (however clumsily) and perhaps improve my writing skills. On DU there have been a bunch of baffling images that seem to me to be the typical objectifying stuff of our popular culture. People defend the images, people I know from other forums who I like have defended the images. One just left DU over this (I always enjoyed her contributions) -she had great things to say. But why, why this defense of these images?
And so, I have an ex sister in law, and I have known a few other women, now in their 70's who just need male attention, thrive on male attention, and this is why I asked the question. Is it one of these personality things? This enjoyment of these images, the not understanding that they are harmful to many women (to me it is REALLY OBVIOUS!) ? I am confused seeing women that I like not get this.
So, I am unable to explain what objectifying images are in words. But in a very general sense, they are images that depict women in sexualized fantasy poses displayed in public view normalizing for society the idea that women are primarily valued for how they provoke a physical reaction, rather than what they do, think or feel.