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I was listening to the most recent Exodus Cry podcast episode, number 19, "The Rise of Objectification in the Porn Age." A neuroscientist comes on and talks about what's really wrong with objectification of women. And holy shit, it was like the dots were finally connected and I really wish all women would listen to this.
She explains that when men see a sexualized image of women, the same part of their brain activates as when they are using tools. Their testosterone actually causes them to care less about the woman's pain, and can activate aggression within them. She then goes on to explain that objectification is always the first step in violence against women, because you must view another group as less-than-human in some way to inflict violence upon them.
Many of you may already be aware of all this, but I found it quite eye opening. So many women can't quite put into words why we are intuitively offended or pissed when men objectify a random woman walking by, for instance. Men may claim we're just jealous that some lady's ass caught his attention...but in reality, we know deep down that there is domination and aggression behind the action, even if he's not aware of it himself. It is simple neuroscience.
I used to use the same libfem logic we see today - "if men can be sexual, I should not be respected less for doing the same!" While that's true that you SHOULD be able to do so, science has shown that you have a 100% chance of being disrespected by men for sexualizing yourself...because, sadly, that is how men work. Women looking at men sexually simply does not activate aggressive behavior in that same way.
I encourage everyone to listen to the podcast episode. It explains so much...
And that's not at all to say that men will respect you if you don't sexualize yourself. No getting off easy
The world would be a much, much better place if women started to finally realise that men see us as nothing but objects, trophies, etc. 99% of them are monsters that see anything non-male as something inhuman to exploit and leech off of.
Princella Clark is always saying that women are resources to men, and that men use women like they use tools.
They ALSO do it because women are the default gender, so by relegating us to a tiny "use" to society, and therefore making us look secondary to them (when we are primary to society at large) they feel better about being male.