Objectification is a hot topic in feminist spaces and in philosophy spaces because of how much it really shapes the way we live. However people can really get lost in the weeds about definitions of "what is it" and debate until literally everybody falls asleep, like I nearly did reading some of these papers. What we're talking about today is the topic of objectification, how it shapes us, how it affected me, and discuss whether it can be a good or a bad thing and how to potentially steer us away from viewing others as simply a means to an end.
Resources if you need them:
USA:
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/depression/resources.htm
https://www.domesticshelters.org/help#?page=1
NZ:
https://depression.org.nz/get-better/who-else-can-help/
https://womensrefuge.org.nz/
https://www.2shine.org.nz/get-help/helpline/
UK:
https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/depression/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
https://www.refuge.org.uk/
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro, trigger warnings and setting the scene
02:07 Objectification and Puberty
07:10 What even is objectification?
14:52 Objectification and children
20:13 Can Objectification be empowering?
26:52 Does objectification lead to success?
29:13 objectification as a way to feel authentic
31:14 The Oldest Profession
37:23 Reverse objectification
39:33 Where is the line?
42:16 Can we escape this?
Videos I mentioned (yes, there's a lot and I did have to adapt the titles so YT doesn't flag me):
Intelexual media - a brief history of America hating workers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPNbYtv0Gpo
Yhara Zayd - the day Rue became black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9NOhSG6rI
Khadija Mbowe - are black girls less innocent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIq9-wBCdq8
Khadija Mbowe- Cuties - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEHFkjEIj2s
Shanspeare - euphoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52f71gwV7HY
Philosophy tube: a trans coming out story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITRzvm0Xtg&t=1575s
Contrapoints - beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mspMJTNEY&t=1047s
Dreamsounds - trans mermaids and coming out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6jXNE-TAX4
Kat Blaque - Dave Chapelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I07KNjNb1vE&t=231s
Cold Crash Pictures - saurian cinema: capitalism killed the dinosaurs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lfTjoeGqyg&t=844s
Philosophy tube - charlie xcx work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZfUzxZ2VU
Anna Akana - who's your teacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWf0msP2FEU&t=79s
FD Signifier - dissecting the manosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1FkO7Tr70A
Tee Noir - Masculinity, Submission & a Black Woman's Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl5_u7kE7Ks
Sources:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-objectification/
https://the-orbit.net/heinous/2014/10/23/objectification-vs-desire/
Bell Hooks - cultural criticism and transformation: https://www.mediaed.org/transcripts/Bell-Hooks-Transcript.pdf
Bell Hooks: Feminist Theory from Margin to Centre: https://funceji.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bell_hooks_feminist_theory_from_margin_to_centebookzz-org_.pdf
study on the Jezebel stereotype from 2018: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0361684318791543
Alan Soble: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254665340_Sexual_Use_and_What_To_Do_About_It_Internalist_and_Externalist_Sexual_Ethics
the philosophy of hexuality: https://philpapers.org/archive/SOBPOS
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4050170
research paper - On the Distinction between Objectifying Attitudes and Objectifying Action: https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/02/15/on-the-distinction-between-objectifying-attitudes-and-objectifying-action/
https://www.oecd.org/dev/development-gender/Unpaid_care_work.pdf
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-barely-legal-porn-is-so-dangerous
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-streamer-gets-massive-viewership-boost-after-putting-on-fake-chest-1861560/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118864187/immigration-nz-stops-more-illegal-sex-workers-from-entering-the-country
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/2016_Global_Report_on_Trafficking_in_Persons.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWf0msP2FEU - Anna Akana's video
https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/download/1894/1088/7991
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/why-do-serial-killers-target-sex-workers
https://www.channel4.com/news/nearly-19000-victims-of-so-called-revenge-porn-in-four-years-investigation-finds-2#:~:text=26%20Jan%202022-,Nearly%2019%2C000%20victims%20of%20so%2Dcalled%20revenge,in%20four%20years%2C%20investigation%20finds&text=Children%20younger%20than%2010%20are,Channel%204%20News%20can%20reveal.