Why is there so much effort put forth to steer women away from being s*x objects?

Question

- When it seems apparent that's where they want to be.

Answer 1

its mainly cos theres so much emphasis being put on girls/women that they are s*x objects. and you exactly listed what i mean. Look at every famous female "musician", theres Britney, and Christina and blah blah blah, and they prance around half naked, and young girls see this, and because they half dressed, half brained moronic idiots are the only thing they are subjected to in teh media, they kinda start to think of them as "role models" that this is normal, and that they should dress the same/act the same, etc etc etc. Meantime, the half naked prancingness of Britney doesnt make her a better musician, I say bring back the good ol' 90's where there were a whole bunch of female bands (L7, Team Dresch, Heavens To Betsy, Bikini Kill) where they didnt do that sort of stuff, and girls didnt dress all half dressed as they do today....

i think my answer is getting a bit long winded

Answer 2

Don't make assumptions dude!  I'm a female, and I don't want to be viewed as a s*x object.

Answer 3

Have you ever actually met a woman?

Answer 4

The 90s happened.

Answer 5

Women are not s*x objects, they are human beings and should be treated as such. It does not matter what type of clothing or lack of clothing that should make them appear to be s*x objects. Women are not trophies or eye candy either, ask some women you know and let them explain why they want to be treated the same way everyone should be treated, with love and respect.

Answer 6

Who says that's where we want to be? That's a crazy, sexist assumption and I don't know where you get it from.  Sure, maybe SOME women might want to be but certainly not all. We do have higher priorities you know. Show a little respect for us, will ya?

Answer 7

To each his own, dear. I don't quite agree about being "s*x objects" but many of us like to be looked at, and that is the way it is. Plain and simple.

Answer 8

The term "s*x objects" itself is what makes it wrong. I believe it's more that women like to be sexually enticing. And it certainly isn't all women. But a lot of women who claim that they don't want to be a s*x object, if given chance to look like one, would jump on it.

There is an old proverb (not sure of it's origin) that goes:

   The desire of a man is a woman

   The desire of a woman, is to be the desire of a man

For the most part it's true.

Answer 9

SOME women like to be seen as s*x objects, others don't. For example a business women, i would imagine you would want to be s**y out of her work space, but still be respected. Again only SOME women want to be a s*x symbol. I sure don't, only at special times. i wouldn't be nice to ALWAYS be seen as a s*x symbol because you are a women.

Answer 10

"Seems apparent" means you have no actual evidence for this. But you'd probably like it to be true. If they want to be s*x objects truely, then no amount of steering will stop them. However, it would be nice if we could show them other choices so they don't waste their life on transient attraction.

Answer 11

Are we talking in generalities just to stir stuff up?  

Okay.  Not all women want to be s*x objects.  Not every woman is a bird brain.  There are beautiful women who are intelligent and have goals in life; they're not s*x objects, but strong women.

Answer 12

Do have empirical evidence that all women want to be s*x objects? I'd love to see it if you do.

Answer 13

I didn't know there was; maybe a few jealous straight women are trying to steer things their way.

Answer 14

it's nice to be valued for who you are rather than what you can offer overnight.

Answer 15

You really need to stop looking to Hooters for a portrait of what women really want.

Answer 16

You should read Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture By Ariel Levy...  It really sheds some light on the question you are raising.  But seriously,,,women don't come into this world as s*x objects they come into this world as newborn female human beings.  Its the media, socialization, and the culture that we are brought up in that are totally warping young children to think that a standard is what they should be striving for, when that standard was set in place by years and years of oppression. Objectification sucks!