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.
Sep 09, 2010
Lovable need to hear from you, read this and then tell them what you think Melinda Tankard Reist writes about more double standards and mixed...
Aug 25, 2010
Local Collective Shout group takes action [UPDATED] Members of the Collective Shout Group in Toowoomba have been actively opposing sexualised clothing items currently stocked in...
Aug 21, 2010
Lynx now include women in their range of products at the "Lynx Lodge." We already know that Lynx produces some of the most sexist and...
Aug 11, 2010
Diesel Jeans scrapes bottom of creative barrel with 'sex sells' campaign. Julie Gale of Kids Free 2B kids alerted us to this campaign from 'Diesel.'...
Aug 06, 2010
Article challenges porn in service stations, porn users retaliate with personal attacks A few weeks ago, Brisbane times blogger Heidi Davoren wrote an article Sexploitation...
Jul 30, 2010
We summarise the response received from Adairs and Bras N Things following complaints about Playboy merchandise "I sincerely apologise for any offence we may have...
Jul 19, 2010
Today a special guest post by Collective Shout member Ryl Harrison. Ryl's experience and persistence with challenging Makita power tools on sexist advertising in their...
Jul 13, 2010
Recently, one of our members wrote on our community page about the Ashley Madison billboard at Sydney Airport. Many others have emailed us about the...
Jul 09, 2010
As published on Melinda Tankard Reist's blog. Good piece in The National Times today on ‘Lad’s Ads’, pointing out the raw sexism of the new...
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