Objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing rather than as a person with their own agency. Sexual objectification, treating someone as merely an object of sexual desire, is a specific and heavily studied subset of the broader concept, as is self-objectification, in which a person comes to view their own body the same way. Researchers have found that habitual self-objectification is associated with increased anxiety and self-monitoring that can disrupt a person's ordinary consciousness.
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Core ClaimIn social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing. Sexual objectification, the act of treating a person as a mere object of sexual desire, is a subset of objectification, as is self-objectification, the objectification of one's self. 1 Classification
Type of PhenomenonSocial or Interpersonal Phenomenon 1 Sources
1. Objectification (Wikipedia)
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In social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing. Sexual objectification, the act of treating a person as a mere object of sexual desire, is a subset of objectification, as is self-objectification, the objectification of one's self.
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In social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing.
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