2.02.2010

Rawr, Splash, and One Tablespoon Pickling Spices (Did Your Sweet, Sweet Music Pleasure the Camel, or Did It Have a Heart Attack?)

I think that it is dangerous to depict men and women as sex objects for a variety of reasons. According to Kilbourne, it can lead not only to gender stereotyping—
—which can cause suppression or overexpression of certain traits and/or behaviors, depending on the environment surrounding the person, but also to negative actions taken against others based on corrupted view of what people "should be doing". It's major cause for concern, however, is sexual victimization, especially in regards to women. The objectification leads to peoples' well-being and feelings being generally ignored, which can lead to worse things, such as sexual assault or rape. The objectification of women is much more dangerous than men, mainly because it is much less common for a woman to rape a man than the other way around (barring unreported cases). If someone is viewed as an object, then the "user" can use it any way he or she sees fit.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I do not understand what you mean when you say:but also to negative actions taken against others based on corrupted view of what people "should be doing". Are you trying to say that it is a bad thing to place importance of someone based of gender? If so I agree with you, but I think you need to be clearer in your statements.

 
Creative Commons License
Kwame's Blog by Kwame Newton is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.