Objectification is the process by which a person comes to be treated as a commodity or an object for use, rather than a human being with a personality, feelings, needs, dignity and rights.
Sexual objectification is where a person is objectified for the purpose of the sexual gratification or use of another.
In her TedX talk, Dr Caroline Heldman illustrates how the objectification of women has escalated, how we have become inured to its damaging effects and what we can do individually and collectively to demolish the paradigms that keep us from a better world.
More research in Objectification can be found here.
See articles tagged 'objectification' below.
Oct 18, 2019
A clothing brand Missguided has been told by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to not use advertising that objectifies women in future campaigns.
Oct 02, 2019
"Breast cancer awareness" or brand awareness?
Sep 10, 2019
Images of examination techniques branded 'soft porn'
Aug 29, 2019
[*Update: 7-Eleven CEO instructs 700 stores to remove porn mags]
Jul 24, 2019
Teenage staff given 'Hot Noods' t-shirts to wear
Jul 15, 2019
Not sexually suggestive, but is sexually suggestive. Just two women posing in their underwear, but also two women in sexy lingerie expressing their sexuality. ...
Jun 07, 2019
"the woman’s labia are visible...she has no pubic hair"
Apr 11, 2019
Three years ago we reported on the extreme amount of hypersexualised imagery on display at Chadstone Shopping Centre. A popular hangout for teens after school,...
Dec 19, 2018
Collective Shout campaigns manager Caitlin Roper spoke with Dave Pellowe this week about our campaign against Honey Birdette and how the sexual exploitation of women...
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