If so, do you think this is a good or bad thing?
2006-08-11 07:42:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Its bad. I have been treated like an object a few times and the scars ran very deep. Men often find it difficult to get over the pain of being used for sex, this is ....nah I'm kidding we all love it!
Seriously though I think male self esteem will never fully recover from the realization that the only reason we exist is for variety within the species.
Within 10 years any woman could give birth to a brain surgeon by just subscribing to turkeybaster.com
Our only hope is comedy; men seem to have a better knack for it than women (perhaps its an appreciation of the absurdity of our situation)
2006-08-12 11:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not just recently. Advertising has been trending that way over the last thirty years. I read a ten-year-old book on advertising that outlined exactly what you're talking about. They basically traced the evolution of ads from the fifties, on up through the 1970s and 80s. They talked about objectification, as well as "infantilization"... meaning a suppression of maturity, or "manliness", for lack of a better word (childlike imagery has always a staple in advertising as far as images of women go). Is this a good thing? I would say... yes and no. Yes, because it certainly evens out the playing field somewhat and deconstructs some of the stereotypical assumptions about what it is to be a "man"... no, because, in the end, I can't think how representing people as objects, or pseudo-infants, could ever have an elevating effect on society... whether it be men or women.
2006-08-13 10:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by opifan64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the objectification of men is increasing and it is spilling over into my home life. My wife is starting to look at me like a piece of meat. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
2006-08-14 02:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I have noticed. But then again, I don't pay much attention to advertising. I supposed it wouldn't do much but even out the playing field a bit.
2006-08-11 07:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by Fox Paws 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So does this mean the fashon industry is turing away form women that look like teen aged junkie boys to teen aged junkie boys?
2006-08-11 21:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a GOOD thing - feed them dawgies what they thrive on!!!
We didn't create the master plan - we're just pawns in the game.
2006-08-13 05:25:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't mind getting treated as an object
2006-08-11 08:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't really think so.
btw, agrippina, are you the mother of Caligula or the wife of Claudius
2006-08-11 07:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by TheDoctor 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't, but I sure wish it would! Equal time, please! :-) I can't understand why we get to see all those Victoria's Secret commercials and other such nonsense in which women are obviously objectified, yet there are very few venues in which we see men treated in that fashion.
2006-08-11 07:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Speedo Inspector 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does seem to be an increasing trend. One that I don't mind at all :)
2006-08-12 16:47:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋