Male Objectification II

[Borachio]

Are men objectified by the media of film, TV, newspapers, magazines, calendars, etc?

 

[MajKira]

same as women, it can be one thread I suppose

 

[Borachio]

This would be true if you thought that men and women were in general objectified equally. Perhaps you would like to express this in a poll. I shall not be starting any more polls. Though of course it would be possible to combine the two in one. I did not do this because when I did the female one it had not occurred to me at the time of writing the poll till somebody pointed it out that men might too be objectified. There is little I can do about it now.

Unless you know of some way of deleting the polls. Perhaps a moderator, if one has the time, would like to do this. Though I expect at this time they will be too busy.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

We're all objectified, daily. Just we rarely notice and its often not sexual.

 

[Borachio]

I agree. Perhaps at some stage you would like to poll the members.

 

[holy king]

people are objectified as commodities by corporations.

 

[luiz]

people are objectified as commodities by corporations.

People are the perfect opposites of commodities at the eyes of corporations, since each has a different cost and value. They are the quintessential non-commodities.

Edit, to add some provocation: if anything, it's the government that pushes for commodification of the people, by forcing corporations to treat them more equally (same pay for same work position, etc). In markets with strong government regulations and powerful labor unions, like some industruies, workers are literally commodities, with the exact same cost per hour, exact same worked hours per day, very similar productivity (producing too much is disencouraged). So you can "buy" a wheel loader operator pretty much the same way you buy a steel slab.
Corporations would love to treat everyone differently...

 

[Disgustipated]

Hey, at least we have a thread to discuss men in the media too. I'd say men are objectified nearly as much as women. Although it's impossible to tell exactly how much so. But honestly, I think it's just human nature to do this. I don't think there's much you can do about it.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I would welcome being objectified more often by females

 

[Borachio]

People are the perfect opposites of commodities at the eyes of corporations, since each has a different cost and value. They are the quintessential non-commodities.

..

The difference between working for a large corporation and a small family firm?

Spoiler :

To one you are just a number; to the other just a name.

 

[G-Max]

If you doubt that men are objectified by the media, just watch razor commercials.

I would welcome being objectified more often by females

I'll drink to that!

 

[JollyRoger]

Whether something can be pegged as objectification is sometimes painfully obvious and sometoimes a bit of a stretch. Thinking outside the conventional box, anyway.

 

[Lord Gay]

"Male Objectification, alright ! Some hawt nudie pix to lookat and...

*click*

Awwww...

 

[innonimatu]

"Male Objectification, alright ! Some hawt nudie pix to lookat and...

*click*

Awwww...

We did had a thread around with objectified men once. But that (and, oddly, the much longer females one also) sunk from view long ago.

 

[Lord Gay]

Hmm, now where did I leave that tome on Necromancy...

 

[Link]

The female objectification thread asks if they are objectified too much, whereas this only asks if they are objectified at all. So, yes, they are, but if the question were the same as the female thread, I would say no.

 

[Traitorfish]

People are the perfect opposites of commodities at the eyes of corporations, since each has a different cost and value. They are the quintessential non-commodities.

You're taking the word "commodity" in a very narrow sense. It doesn't necessarilly imply mass-production and differentiation, but may simply describe anything that is bought and sold. (The literal meaning of the word is simply "usefulness for purpose".)

 

[luiz]

You're taking the word "commodity" in a very narrow sense. It doesn't necessarilly imply mass-production and differentiation, but may simply describe anything that is bought and sold. (The literal meaning of the word is simply "usefulness for purpose".)

In economics a commodity is simply something that is undifferentiated, so that it can be bought and sold at an exchange without the need to look at the products, because they're all the same. Like oil, or steel slabs, or soybean sacks.

 

[Borachio]

Hmm, now where did I leave that tome on Necromancy...

I assume this is merely light hearted banter. A thing that I applaud.

But in case it isn't please do not approach the subject of Necromancy without some professional advice. If you are in fact an experienced "player" you should know better than to make such a remark.
And by professional I mean someone who has plenty of experience in it rather than someone who makes money from it. There is no money to be made here.

 

[Arwon]

There's an entirely different set of pressures put on men regarding appearance and behaviour. See also: Patriarchy hurts men too.