That is, if a man sees you as a sex object, is that an instance of male chauvinism? Is he seeing you/treating you as something less than an equally autonomous person with your own needs, views and feelings? Is pornography (the kind aimed at straight males) inherently demeaning to women? Is exotic dancing? Prostitution?
My view is, of course females are sex objects to (most) males, that's just part of nature -- human nature, mammalian nature, vertebrate nature, probably invertebrate nature too.
It is sexism to forget, or not to care, that every woman is also a great many other things in addition to that.
My view is, of course females are sex objects to (most) males, that's just part of nature -- human nature, mammalian nature, vertebrate nature, probably invertebrate nature too.
It is sexism to forget, or not to care, that every woman is also a great many other things in addition to that.