Anyone who’s aware of this phenomenon has probably heard the term ‘objectification’ in terms of white women. There’s a good reason for that.
There’s also a bunch of other kinds of objectification, slowly getting more attention.
SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
That thing where you size yourself up every time you catch your reflection. In the absence of mirrors you’re wondering how you appear to other people… Even when other people aren’t around. That. That’s called self-objectification. Teenagers have it bad, but many carry it around for much longer.
Women Who ‘Listen’ To Their Bodies Are Less Likely To Objectify from PsychCentral
Body Shame On You from Beauty Redefined
Running From Self-Objectification also from Beauty Redefined
OBJECTIFICATION OF MEN
I find it hard to believe that even though feminists have been talking about this issue since at least the 60s, not only has the situation got worse for women, it’s also getting worse for men.
Watch Rebel Wilson objectify a man in a short film. (Of course, this is a backwards take on an old gag about a woman.)
Men Deemed ‘Too Handsome’ Deported from Saudi Arabia for Fear They Would Be Irresistible to Women from Gawker
Money Porn: Simply put, men are objectified in terms of money in a way that parallels the sexual objectification of women. from PsychCentral
Male Bodies And Objectification at GMP
Male Actors Hate It When You Treat Them Like Actresses at Daily Life quote a couple of high profile men who complain about the very thing female actors have endured all along.
Chuck Wendig explains why the objectification of men isn’t ‘just as bad’ as objectification of women. In brief: Years of unfortunate history.
OBJECTIFICATION OF BLACK MEN
I have always been interested in African American manhood and masculinity and particularly by the way that – although contemporary discussions of objectification most often focus on the bodies of white women – Black men too are highly objectified by the news and entertainment media. Black men’s images – their bodies, in particular – are used to sell products, ideas and political campaigns, including those that are actually deleterious to Black men and their communities.
And here are some of the most thought-provoking articles about the sexual objectification of women. Once you notice it happening, you’ll see it absolutely everywhere.
OBJECTIFICATION OF women
Further analyses showed that men’s preferences for larger female breasts were significantly associated with a greater tendency to be benevolently sexist, to objectify women, and to be hostile towards women. (from Men’s Oppressive Beliefs Predict Their Breast Size Preferences in Women, PubMed.)
The consequences of the media’s objectification of women from The Not So Quiet Feminist
Staring Is Caring: Anti-cancer campaigns often use fundraising or awareness for then cause as an excuse to sexually objectify women. (Not to mention animal rights!) from Osocio
Why lads’ mags don’t ‘celebrate women’ by using their bodies to sell copies: The Five Worst Arguments from Newsweek
