Female objectification

[Borachio]

Are young females objectified too much by the media of film, television, press, calendars, etc?

i.e. does the potrayal of them simply as images rob them of their essential human personhood?

Yes
No
Don't Know
Yes and No
Neither Yes nor No
Any combination
No combination

 

[ShahJahanII]

This really wouldn't be a problem if people didn't act like their favorite TV characters.
I have mixed opinions on this, the way females are portrayed on TV does objectify them, but what would TV be like without it? It also feels like a lot of women want to objectify themselves, even if people of that mentality aren't a minority. As for in reality, objectifying anyone is immoral.

 

[NickyJ]

Yes, they are.

 

[JollyRoger]

In some contexts they are - the cover of Cosmo and Baptist sermons come to mind.

 

[Disgustipated]

Yes, I can't imagine anyone voting no. A thing to point out though is females even objectify each other. You can't blame this all on men.

A more interesting question would be if men are objectified by the media.

 

[MajKira]

there only can be
Yes 6 85.71%
No 0 0%
Don't Know 0 0%
Yes and No

Neither Yes nor No
Any combination
No combination
are no options

yes in some context and in other context no

 

[Luckymoose]

No, they should be objectified more.

 

[emzie]

Objectification is more a problem of the viewer, not the subject.

 

[holy king]

people are objectified as commodities by corporations.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Young girls?

 

[Borachio]

Old gals. (mischief)

 

[Heretic_Cata]

I like female objects - does that count ?

 

[Borachio]

This is only a guess, but I'd say no.

 

[Whiskey_Lord]

Meh, men are objectified just as much. See: Twilight.

 

[Borachio]

I agree they are. Indeed I posted a poll. The nature of their objectification, though, is much harder to define than that of young women.

What is Twilight? Apart from that crepuscular thingy I see now and again outside.

 

[Whiskey_Lord]

Twilight is a horribly written series of novels that reads like the diary of a teenage girl. It was made into a popular movie franchise in which muscular guys frequently parade around shirtless for cheap fan service.

 

[Ayn Rand]

Yeah, course they're objectified. How can anyone possibly miss that?

 

[Borachio]

Ah yes. I know the genre. I saw a male-stripper being interviewed once. (he had his clothes on at the time). The interviewer asked if he thought he was being objectified and if that bothered him. His answer was yes and no (respectively). In fact, he rather liked it.

 

[Glassfan]

You can never have too much T&A in the media. It's an oxymoron. More please...

 

[Borachio]

T&A I had to go google for. I conclude I agree. More oxymorons?

How about this:

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by incapacity. (Don't ask. I haven't a clue.)