I have made a weird discovery. Men are in fact as much objectified as women are.
…if not more.
The actual logistics manifest in different forms, but they are still there, clear as day.
…..
I've made a stunning realization. Well, actually some guy on an jnternet message forum made the realization for me. He was talking about some females putting naked pictures of themselves on the jnertt or some crap, and he seemed to be relishing a bittersweet victory. No, now I remember. The guy was talking about how the evolutionary psych theory is that middle-aged men desire only young curvy fertile women instead of the old bags that the media keeps pushing on us and insisting they are sexy.
He made a statement that struck me as odd. He wrote, "Now women will finally be objectified as much as men have always been objectified."
This was a very intriguing remark to make. My initial reaction was, Huh? What are you talking about? Whaddya mean, "men have always been objectified?" Women are subject to so much sickening, perverted, twisted objectification that permeates all manner of advertising and pop culture. (Just so we're clear here, we are talking about objectification specifically, not violence or murder. Lord knows women are subjected to too much of that also, but that is serious enough to be considered an entirely separate topic.)
But then I combed back through my memory, tried to recall all I could concerning not just pop culture, but more importantly [[evidence and snippets__]]] of this in people's everyday lives.
Men are in fact objectified as much as women are objectified. It appears in a different flavor than the type I see everywhere aimed at women, but it is definitely there.
Women always insist in conversation and in editorial articles that they are not shallow, ___that they are far nicer and more [[benevolent, egalitarian??_]] when choosing a romantic partner. They say that their__ what drew them to this particular guy is his personality, his "aw, shucks" humility.
But women's actions point to the fact that all of that is claptrap. __is tall, has washboard abs, and has a huge bank account. If that's not considered "objectification" by most women, then most women need to take a good, long look in the dictionary.
Now let us talk about the abject, blatant sexual objectification of men.
When menare obj, it is couched in different [[[_portrayal, mood, aura__]]]
Whereas objectification of women depicts women as being needy and subservient.
Even slightly nerdy guys are objectified. Leonard Hofstadter from "The Big Bang Theory" was a boy-toy plaything for that rich lady. In one episode, the university research scientists all had to go fund-hunting. Or more accurately, they had to go fund-<procuring,> if you know what I mean, and I think you do. The wealthy lady did gift enough financial support to Leonard's department at the university, and she managed to extract certain services from Leonard in exchange. She was also the rich lady from Arrested Development, might I add; good to know that she did come to her morals more or less, and decided to bestow some of her limitless funds to those less fortunate.
On at least one occasion, Leonard has admitted to stripping for Penny using mood music and plenty of glitter.
Amy Farrah Fowler sure as hell objectifies Sheldon, in all sorts of fun ways. Good times.
Men being referred to as a piece of meat
"beefcake"
3rd rock from the sun, referring to college football players as "steak sandwiches"
referring to a hot guy as "a piece of roast beef"
…if not more.
The actual logistics manifest in different forms, but they are still there, clear as day.
…..
I've made a stunning realization. Well, actually some guy on an jnternet message forum made the realization for me. He was talking about some females putting naked pictures of themselves on the jnertt or some crap, and he seemed to be relishing a bittersweet victory. No, now I remember. The guy was talking about how the evolutionary psych theory is that middle-aged men desire only young curvy fertile women instead of the old bags that the media keeps pushing on us and insisting they are sexy.
He made a statement that struck me as odd. He wrote, "Now women will finally be objectified as much as men have always been objectified."
This was a very intriguing remark to make. My initial reaction was, Huh? What are you talking about? Whaddya mean, "men have always been objectified?" Women are subject to so much sickening, perverted, twisted objectification that permeates all manner of advertising and pop culture. (Just so we're clear here, we are talking about objectification specifically, not violence or murder. Lord knows women are subjected to too much of that also, but that is serious enough to be considered an entirely separate topic.)
But then I combed back through my memory, tried to recall all I could concerning not just pop culture, but more importantly [[evidence and snippets__]]] of this in people's everyday lives.
Men are in fact objectified as much as women are objectified. It appears in a different flavor than the type I see everywhere aimed at women, but it is definitely there.
Women always insist in conversation and in editorial articles that they are not shallow, ___that they are far nicer and more [[benevolent, egalitarian??_]] when choosing a romantic partner. They say that their__ what drew them to this particular guy is his personality, his "aw, shucks" humility.
But women's actions point to the fact that all of that is claptrap. __is tall, has washboard abs, and has a huge bank account. If that's not considered "objectification" by most women, then most women need to take a good, long look in the dictionary.
Now let us talk about the abject, blatant sexual objectification of men.
When menare obj, it is couched in different [[[_portrayal, mood, aura__]]]
Whereas objectification of women depicts women as being needy and subservient.
Even slightly nerdy guys are objectified. Leonard Hofstadter from "The Big Bang Theory" was a boy-toy plaything for that rich lady. In one episode, the university research scientists all had to go fund-hunting. Or more accurately, they had to go fund-<procuring,> if you know what I mean, and I think you do. The wealthy lady did gift enough financial support to Leonard's department at the university, and she managed to extract certain services from Leonard in exchange. She was also the rich lady from Arrested Development, might I add; good to know that she did come to her morals more or less, and decided to bestow some of her limitless funds to those less fortunate.
On at least one occasion, Leonard has admitted to stripping for Penny using mood music and plenty of glitter.
Amy Farrah Fowler sure as hell objectifies Sheldon, in all sorts of fun ways. Good times.
Men being referred to as a piece of meat
"beefcake"
3rd rock from the sun, referring to college football players as "steak sandwiches"
referring to a hot guy as "a piece of roast beef"
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