For example, women are commonly objectified as sex objects and their ability to make babies. Feminist discussions of objectification are limited to this very narrow definition of objectification. (cis)Men CAN'T be objectified for their ability to make babies and they're less likely to be as selective of female partners because he has no need to be selectively hypergamous. His value to society, other men, and to women lies elsewhere. And THOSE areas are how he's objectified. And if he doesn't...
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That’s not what objectification is.
Objectification is the creation of a female body into a sex object for the benefit of the male gaze, which permeates all media and denies any identity that isn’t cisgender and heterosexual (and often white).
I have rarely, if ever, seen men objectified. This is because men hold the power in the media and in a patriarchal system. Therefore, media rely on male power fantasies. This is not objectification, though it is deeply problematic and rooted in damaging constructions of masculinity.
I saw your response to my open letter. If you have something valuable to say, say it. Don’t come to me with half-assed crap about how men are just as objectified as women; it is categorically wrong. I am particularly impatient with this because you have come to me before trying to promote your astonishingly ill-informed posts through my website. I did not respond to those, as I’m sure you noticed.
This is the only response I will give you unless you educate yourself on the subjects you would like to discuss. I won’t waste my time.
