The objectification of women

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I wonder what, exactly, does "objectification" mean. If it means treating another human being like an object, man or woman, then it's wrong.

I can't define it, but I can give an example. I was watching a show last night where there was some objectification going on. In filming, there is often a shot that will establish a scene, like the outside of a house, before the camera appears inside that house to see what the characters are doing.

In this show last night, the scene being established was a club, and to establish the scene, the camera panned along with the chest of a skimpily dressed woman as she went into a club. We never saw her face, but her bouncing chest filled the screen for several seconds before the camera ended up pointing at the characters sitting around a table.

As a guy, I have to admit that I enjoyed the shot, but the woman was clearly objectified. She had no lines. No face. Probably no credit. I'm sure the "actress" was paid in some way for her work, so she was probably happy to be doing the shot, but she was clearly nothing more than an object.