Will men ever start seeing woman as people first, sex objects last?

[athena]

117. ... the same way that women are wired to see men sexually.

That doesn't mean women see men as second-class citizens. I've had male colleagues I considered sexually attractive, but I was able to value their expertise in their field. I didn't dismiss their views at meetings just because I considered them sexually attractive. The problem is that women often feel we're seen only as sex objects. In other words, we're only as valuable insofar as we are sexually attractive. If we're not sexually attractive, we're nothing. If we are sexually attractive, we're sexual objects and nothing else. I agree with you that it's not just men who treat us this way; it's all of society. However, I believe that men could do a lot to make things better for women. If a man, who sees women as people, sees one of his male co-worker dismiss a female co-worker's expertise, he can speak out to defend the woman. In my professional experience, this never happens, unfortunately.

Finally, this has nothing to do with who opens doors for whom. I can distinguish between a man who is chivalrous but sees me as a human being and a man who sees me as a second-class citizen. In fact, the latter don't usually open doors for women these days, in my experience.