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objectification

[uhb-jek-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / əbˌdʒɛk tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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She added: "These AI images don't appear from nowhere – they're built from real disabled people's images, often without consent – and unmoderated comment threads turbocharge objectification and harassment."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

This adoration necessitated objectification, and from the 1970s onward, Updike’s fiction came in for a good deal of feminist scorn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In songs like "Doll Parts" and "Jennifer's Body," she explores themes of objectification and agency, challenging conventional notions of femininity and sexuality.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

Before Hoàng’s appearance at Elliott Bay Book Company, we spoke to the University of Washington graduate about the power of friendship, objectification of women, toxic masculinity and seeing the beauty of where you live.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

This is its most distinct and evident type, the terrible picture of the greatest conflict of the will with itself at the highest grade of its objectification, which is man.

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