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VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
10. Perhaps therein lies your problem...
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 03:33 AM
Feb 2014

In social philosophy, objectification means treating a person as a thing, without regard to their dignity.

According to the philosopher Martha Nussbaum, a person is objectified if they are treated:[1]

as a tool for another's purposes (instrumentality);
as if lacking in agency or self-determination (denial of autonomy, inertness);
as if owned by another (ownership);
as if interchangeable (fungibility);
as if permissible to damage or destroy (violability);
as if there is no need for concern for their feelings and experiences (denial of subjectivity).


Maybe if sex with you didn't equal ^^^^^ that as you are suggesting here....she might be more attracted to you...

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lol quinnox Feb 2014 #1
Trivializing becomes you. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #2
Eventually it becomes everybody. sibelian Feb 2014 #13
I know huh.. boston bean Feb 2014 #15
Oh, quotes around feminists... because trivializing their self-definition Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #23
I did. geomon666 Feb 2014 #3
Maybe your wife just feels like you're not particularly good at it. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #4
No, I'm a lot more GGG than she is...we just respect each other's feelings.... brooklynite Feb 2014 #6
Not particularly clever flamebait. Lex Feb 2014 #5
Ain't that the truth? Control-Z Feb 2014 #7
I know right? Anything to try and prove objectification is the same as sexuality VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #9
K&R Katashi_itto Feb 2014 #8
Perhaps therein lies your problem... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #10
According to the definition you provided the SI cover would not constitute objectification Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #14
If you are having a discussion with her about her thoughts on a career change, laundry_queen Feb 2014 #11
Exactly. That he wants to share the ennui that is Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #25
Another lame goading thread. Democracyinkind Feb 2014 #12
Yep. In most of the animal world... theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #16
I'm happy for her. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #17
"Klassy". At least we know mocking women and women's issues isn't myrna minx Feb 2014 #18
+100000000 AAO Feb 2014 #21
FLAMEBAIT bettyellen Feb 2014 #19
Stupid... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #20
In before the lock zappaman Feb 2014 #22
Me too. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author hrmjustin Feb 2014 #24
Like moths to a "flame" DontTreadOnMe Feb 2014 #26
Alerted on this Tien1985 Feb 2014 #27
Locking. rrneck Feb 2014 #29
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