objectification

Observing and Reporting Rape Culture at Work

by Cara March 23, 2009

Watching random music videos on TV last night, this commercial for the new Seth Rogen film Observe and Report kept playing over and over again.  The basis of the film seems to be that Seth Rogen plays a quirky (according to IMDB, bi-polar — so yay, we can likely expect lots of “jokes” mocking disability [...]

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Target Women: Barbie

by Cara March 13, 2009

The latest from Sarah Haskins: (If you can’t view the embedded video, click here.) And for those of you who missed it, she also had a pretty awesome Op-Ed in the Washington Post on Barbie’s 50th birthday. (Yeah, I’ll admit it; that’s how I played with my Barbie, too.) I so cannot wait to see [...]

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Because What’s the Point of a Woman You Can’t Fuck?

by Cara March 3, 2009

From contributing editor Mark Binelli’s otherwise decent Rolling Stone article Motor City Breakdown, about the dying automobile industry in Detroit: At the show, the traditional rituals are still taking place. If you’ve never been to an auto show, the main ritual involves adults climbing in and out of vehicles they will not be allowed to [...]

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Jim Beam Ad Remakes Even Worse Than Originals

by Cara February 26, 2009

You might have seen the extremely offensive and sexist Australian Jim Beam ad series last year at Hoyden About Town. The Neighbours shows naked women sunbathing outside in their backyard, with men peeping on them.  The Girlfriend shows a doormat of a woman explaining how she likes when men neglect her.  The Tragedy shows a [...]

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Science Says Men Are Sexist Pigs! Except . . . Not.

by Cara February 16, 2009

When I came across a headline this morning that read “Men really do see half-naked women as sex objects, scientists claim,” I felt that this had to be inherently untrue. Though I certainly do not doubt the findings in the study that some men react to images of scantily clad women the same way that [...]

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Shocking: Playboy Playmates Represent Increasingly Impossible Sexual Ideals

by Cara February 3, 2009

In what comes as a surprise to absolutely no one who pays attention to media representations of women and sexiness, it looks like the overall BMI of women featured as Playboy Playmates has dropped dramatically over time.  Indeed, according to Wired Magazine (who did the analysis), “While real American women have steadily eaten their way [...]

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Berlusconi: Women Are Raped Because They’re Just So Good Looking

by Cara January 26, 2009

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, known for putting his foot in his mouth in really offensive ways, has done it yet again. This time, it’s one hot mess of rape myths and rape apologism, and a revival of the “women are raped because they’re pretty (and therefore rape is a compliment)” meme, once more with [...]

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Men’s Magazine Desires World Without Meaningful Consent

by Cara December 18, 2008

This image, of a scantily clad woman attached to a video game controller with the caption “Keep on dreaming of a better world,” was posted without comment at Sociological Images. First of all, it seems pretty obvious to me what the man targeted in this ad (by a men’s magazine) is supposed to use the [...]

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You Picked the Wrong Asian Woman to Mess With

by Cara December 12, 2008

May be NSFW (contains swearing) Anyone know these ladies names?  They’re awesome. h/t Renee

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Message to the Guys: Donating Your Organs is Almost Like Sex

by Cara November 14, 2008

  This ad promoting organ donation appeared in a Belgian men’s magazine. The message at the bottom reads: Becoming a donor is probably your only chance to get inside her. Nice way to objectify women to get across your “altruistic” message, suggest that women are only good for “getting inside of,” imply that women who [...]

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