objectification

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Though their obsessions with moisturizers and eyebrow grooming seem pretty girlie to someone of my generation, looksmaxxing is rooted in objectification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"I was 17. I was in a moment of discovery. As women, it's such unfair objectification."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

In the tome of essays, author and educator Patricia Pisters discusses Madonna’s ability to transcend the traditional objectification and victimization that famous women are usually subject to.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

Grammatically speaking, I’ve contemplated the power of the closeup, both an objectification and a privilege.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Outside time lies only the will, Kant's thing-in-itself, and its adequate objectification, the Idea of Plato.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur