Oversexualized and Objectified: Why Us?

Olivia and Raven talk about the various ways women are oversexualized, even in contexts that aren’t sexual, and the many factors that possibly influence why women are often treated as sex objects.

Discussion Summary:

00:33: We’re talking about how women are oversexualized and viewed as sexual objects, which is fitting since April is National Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness month.

05:09: Does how women dress affect whether or not they’re oversexualized? And men blaming their lack of self-control on women.

13:28: Viewing sex appeal as a defining quality of womanhood.

14:57: Men failing to understand how women are objectified, because they aren’t treated as a sex object first and human second.

17:26: Viewing smiling and eye contact as flirting or displaying interest in intimacy.

20:24: Sharing food or a meal with someone as a form of flirtation or affection.

22:02: The problem with focusing on decoding nonverbal signals of sexual interest, and failing to communicate effectively.

25:46: Men feeling entitled to sex when they treat women to dinner, and irrationally treating sex as the most favorable outcome of an experience with a woman.

29:43: People aren’t taught to value other types of bonding and connecting in intimate relationships.

31:31: Valuing and devaluing women based on their number of sex partners, and the double standard of demonizing women for being sexual, and praising men for it.

38:19: The damage being done by failing to adequately educate people about sex early on.

44:13: How we can move away from viewing women as sex objects, and teaching people to value others for more than just sex appeal.

47:49: Outro.

 

Reference: Male Microchimerism in the Human Female Brain

 

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Music credits: Opening: Goestories - Noir Et Blanc Vie

Closing: First Class - DJ Williams