What Is Objectification?

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When a psychologist promoting her new book is interviewed by a Playmate for Playboy radio, she’s challenged to answer the question at the root of porn’s very existence.

I’m a Man, Not a Lad

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If “lad mags” are correct, my attraction to women is bordering on the unnatural.

You Can’t Spell Catwoman Without T & A

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The controversial Catwoman #0 cover raises a lot of questions, but the biggest one is probably this: seventy-plus years into Selina Kyle’s fictional existence, can’t DC come up with something better?

“The anti-porn tone here is extremely discomforting. Porn is not equivalent to addictive substances, nor is it inherently bad.”

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These are comments by Archy and Zek J. Evets on the post “Are Porn and Video Games Hurting Young Men?”.

Why I Objectified Men, and Myself

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A troubled household left Sherri Rosen with a sexually objectifying outlook, little promise for meaningful relationships, and a long road toward recovery.

I Lust After Flight Attendants

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Some mild private lusting is not only OK, but purely human, writes Trent Kays.

On Sexual Objectification

Trigger warning for mentions of rape.  Via Feministe, we have a really startling example of misandry from some gentleman at Aggie Catholics: Something I never really wanted to post about, but feel I have to, because I don’t think that young women quite understand the problem. Yesterday when I logged onto Facebook, I had several pictures [...]

Women Objectifying Men on the London Underground: The Horror!

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Most men would be honored that a woman had taken his picture in public and sent it into a website for publication.