Objectification: The Negative Effects Of Objectification In Society

Objectification can be roughly defined as the seeing a person as an object. Objectification has been around for years throughout society, and is unavoidable. Most people assume women are the only ones to be objectified, but there are many instances in society where men have fallen under the same circumstances. People fail to realize that they are sexualizing the male body as much as a female’s body, and do not realize the negative effects of objectification. Some say only women are being objectified in society, but in reality men experience objectification and have their own negative effects in regards to it. The Huffington Post claimed that in 1975, there was a theory called the “male gaze theory.” The “male gaze theory” was a theory where a woman 's body is sexually presented for males body in advertising and movies. Now, in 2015 there is a new theory called the “women gaze theory.”(Friend). In shorter terms, the “woman gaze theory” is just the opposite of the “male gaze theory.” This is where a male’s body is sexually presented

For example, men were always objectified in movies made for little kids. In Disney movies, all men were made tough and mean, and always needed to be the knight and shining armor, thus teaching boys at a young age that they always had to be tough and could not properly display their emotions. For example, in Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is shown to be extremely masculine, and endures hunting trips and kills animals, and shows no emotions for anything, not even proper emotions of love. Also, the Beast, even before he became a monster, was portrayed as a masculine man, who showed little to no affection or love for anyone else. (Disney). There are many other examples from Disney in which men are portrayed as masculine and cannot show proper emotions, thus contributing to the idea that men are objectified and are forced at a young age to believe in certain societal