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- verb Present participle of
objectify .
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Examples
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"What you call objectifying, we call admiring a superior physical form."
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I believe women have an equal say in objectifying themselves.
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The author makes a common, false assertion that appeals to a visceral, mistaken distaste for the idea of objectifying someone.
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He claimed that he felt like I was "objectifying" him:
Reverse Sexism-How About a Little Male Objectification?? 2009
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He claimed that he felt like I was "objectifying" him:
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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I don't accept the idea that it is "objectifying" to talk about women's sex appeal.
Are you having trouble understanding Sarah Palin's hairdo? Ann Althouse 2008
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In my 20s, I stashed it all under the category of "objectifying", and disdained it.
grrl talk 2005
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So the demand is dictated by men many of whom can be said to be "objectifying" women, not just appreciating and adoring faminine beauty, so my point is that they are simply responding to demand which is their perogative, but the use of the word "choice" does not bode well with me.
grrl talk 2005
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And then, for my reading efforts, I am rewarded with this despicable celebration of the kind of objectifying that keeps the whole race of women ... oh, I can't do it, I was trying to kid around and give you that lambast, but I don't care if you or anyone else checks out my or anyone else's tits.
liberation! 2005
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If that is the kind of objectifying you are talking about, I am not really on board with that.
Yes some guys are assholes, but it’s still your fault if you get raped 2005
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