Sociological images has a great series on objectification that draws on feminist theory and pop culture to break down different forms that sexual objectification can take and explain why it’s harmful.
Part 1: What is objectification?
Part 2: Why is objectification harmful?
If you prefer video, Caroline Heldman summarizes the piece in a Ted talk, called “The Sexy Lie.” Available here.
Caroline Heldman explains how we can know sexual objectification when we see it - with examples! Well worth a read.
Around since the 1970s and associated with curmudgeonly second-wave feminists, the phrase “sexual objectification” can inspire eye-rolling. The phenomenon, however, is more rampant than ever in popular culture. Today women’s sexual objectification is celebrated as a form of female empowerment. This has enabled a new era of sexual objectification, characterized by greater exposure to advertising in general, and increased sexual explicitness in advertising, magazines, television shows, movies, video games, music videos, television news, and “reality” television.
— Jezebel on this year’s Super Bowl ads
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