http://www.stopobjectification.com
I found this website called stopobjectification.com. It was
so interesting to me because on this website women are taking pictures of their
best assets, basically objectifying themselves, but using it to empower them.
They will take a picture of what has been objectified and then tell their story
of objectification and how they got through it and used it to become a stronger
person. The video at the top of the page titled “Hey Baby” is blatantly
objectifying the women by what is videoed, but then they add a caption about
that woman that shows just how strong she is. It will scan up a women’s body
but stop at her chest so you can’t see her face and then add a caption like “She
has a PhD in neuroscience”. It shows that these women have beauty and brains
and before you objectify them by just looking at their body you should try to
get her story first and then you would learn that she is a strong successful
woman. These women are probably more strong and successful than the men that
are whistling at them down the street, but the men feel empowered by being able
to call them what they want without knowing anything about them.
My favorite example in this video would be when they scan up
the woman’s legs to her neck and stop there with the caption “She just made
partner” and the it moves over and shows the face of the man walking with her
and says “He just made her coffee”. This just proves my point that while this
man isn’t being objectified and the woman is, she is still much more successful
than he is and we shouldn’t just base all of our opinions by objectifying her.
People will base their opinions of a person based on their looks, and by
looking at most of these women on the website people would think that all they
have going for them is their beauty. That is not the case at all though, all of
these women are very strong and successful women that have been objectified and
therefore thought less of, brains wise, before anyone got the chance to know
them. At the end of this video it finally shows all of the women’s faces with
the caption “Stop Objectification”.
If the video wasn’t enough for people to realize that
objectification is wrong there are many different women’s stories further down
on the page that show how women turned objectification into empowerment. Something
that was said in a story about a woman that pole vaults really struck me. She
says, “I
don’t pole vault for your entertainment or drooling. I pole vault and wear
heals and nice clothing because I am powerful. And these things evoke my power,
and I will never stop. If it is my power that is luring your eyes to me, than
have them meet mine, and ask me about my brain.” I can’t agree more with what
she is saying. Many times women are judged by what they wear and people will
say things like, “Well if you didn’t want to be objectified you shouldn’t have
dressed like you did”. I don’t wear the heels and the cute outfits in the
purpose for men to objectify me, I wear the heels and the cute outfits because I
feel powerful in them. I believe that when you look good you feel good and in
no way am I trying to be objectified because of that. If you are interested in
me because of what I am wearing then talk to me like a normal human being would
and have a normal conversation to get to know me. Don’t start whistling at me
and saying nasty comments thinking it will attract me, because it won’t. Your
interest in my personality and my story will get my attention not your comments
as I walk down the street.
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