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On Men Viewing Women as Sex Objects
Townhall.com ^ | December 13, 2016 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 12/13/2016 4:26:26 AM PST by Kaslin

My last column was titled "Is Donald Trump a Misogynist?" After reading reactions throughout the internet, I realize how important it is to elaborate on the subject of how men view women.

One of the proofs that higher education makes those who attend college more foolish, more naive and often even more ignorant about life than those who never attended college is the widespread belief among the well-educated that when men sexually objectify women it means that they are misogynists, haters of women.

So, here is a list of eight truths about males and sexual objectification for those who have a degree in any of the "social sciences."

1. It is completely normal for heterosexual men to see women they are sexually attracted to as sex objects.

2. That such sexual objectification is normal and has nothing to do with misogyny is proved, among other things, by the fact that homosexual men see men to whom they are sexually attracted as sex objects. If heterosexual men are misogynists, homosexual men are man haters.

3. One reason for this is the almost-unique power of a visual to sexually arouse men. Men are aroused just by glancing at a woman's arm, ankle, calf, thigh or stomach, even without ever seeing her face. Those legs, calves, arms, etc. are sexual objects. That's why there are innumerable websites featuring them.

4. Every normal heterosexual man who sees a woman as a sexual object can also completely respect her mind, her character and everything else nonsexual about her. Men do this all the time.

5. Most heterosexual women also see sexy women as sex objects, and they are hardly misogynists. Ask your wife or girlfriend which would turn her on more: watching a male strip show in front of a female audience, or a female strip show in front of a male audience.

6. Lucky is a couple if the man can sexually objectify his partner. The longer a husband can at least occasionally regard his wife as a sex object, the better their marriage. It is not always easy to see the woman you see every day, the mother of your children, as a sex object.

7. The whole purpose of lingerie and other sexual attire is to render the woman a sex object in her partner's eyes. Are all the women who wear lingerie, bikinis, cheerleading outfits or whatever else turns their partner on -- and hopefully them as well -- haters of women?

8. If your husband denies these assertions, he is lying to you because he is afraid that you will react angrily or that he will hurt your feelings. He may also be lying to himself -- after all, he, too, went to college and reads liberal opinion pieces on misogyny; and he wants to be an "enlightened" male.

It is a sign of the times that these eight points need to be written. The question is, why are any of these points -- known to just about every woman and man who ever lived prior to the 1960s -- controversial to so many well-educated people today?

The answer is leftism and its offshoot: feminism.

Leftism is first and foremost a denial of reality.

Leftists deny reality for two reasons.

One is that leftism is a religion (a secular one), and therefore it has dogmas that supersede truth.

The other reason is that reality is filled with disappointment and pain, and avoidance of pain is the central psychological impetus of leftism. This explains the infantilizing safe rooms at the institutions the left controls most: the universities. These rooms exist to protect students from hearing an idea with which they differ (recall reason one) and from hearing an idea that causes them pain.

Name the left-wing position, and in almost every case you will see how it exemplifies either or both of these reasons.

It is reality that human nature is not basically good. But since the French Enlightenment, the left has affirmed that people are basically good. That's why leftists blame violent crime on poverty and racism, not on the violent criminal.

It is reality that the higher the minimum wage, the fewer new workers will be hired. But because of dogma, the left denies it. (In 1987, when The New York Times editorial page was not as pure left as it is today, one editorial was titled "The Right Minimum Wage: $0.00.")

It is reality that Islam means "submit," but this meaning conflicts with left-wing wishful thinking that all cultures are morally equal. Thus, virtually every left-wing professor and publication says that Islam means "peace." (To the extent that it has any connection to the Arabic word for "peace" -- "salaam" -- it is the peace that ensues after all of humanity has submitted to Islam.) The amount of left-wing denial of reality concerning the Islamic world is about equal to the number of assertions leftists make about it. (Thus, the Obama administration labeled the Fort Hood massacre of 13 people by a radical Muslim as "workplace violence.")

It is also reality, not an expression of misogyny, that men see the objects of their sexual desire as sexual objects. But this is too painful for feminists and other leftists. And it violates feminist theory, which says that men and women are essentially the same, and seeing a woman as a sexual object is misogyny.

Therefore, this reality is rejected.


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To: Kaslin
As a woman and as a singer and performer my pictures are all visually enticing. It is part of my brand and part of my sound. I naturally sound sultry and my nature is naturally sexy. So it naturally is how I am branded and advertised as a female. Because I am in touch with that part of my nature. I naturally say to pretty much any woman I come across that looks amazing or super sexy. "You look amazing!" or "You look soo hot!" lol. I'm exceedingly well educated.

Before I became a singer professionally I used to manage huge, multi million dollar projects and since I was in my early teens managing teams, I've been know to make grown men cry. And also come down hard on women and men when appropriate as a manager. (I've softened with age and experience. ;).) But overall I see myself as someone who acknowledges and rejoices in the difference between the sexes. And really enjoys the fun game. As for a female it can be very, very fun. ;D

21 posted on 12/13/2016 4:54:30 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: SamAdams76

Saweeet! Sexy! And so VERY true. ;D


22 posted on 12/13/2016 4:56:09 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: SamAdams76

-—otherwise they would never bother to wear dresses and heels.-—

Women wear shoes with heels of increased depth because they feel inferior because they are shorter than men. To measure up, women screw around with shoes. To delude themselves, they have developed the lie that thinner and higher is sexier.

Marie Antoinette had the inferior feeling and increased the depth of her shoe heels. However, she had her head cut off and the increase in height was nullified


23 posted on 12/13/2016 4:57:22 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: Kaslin

Progressives hate it when red-blooded biological men are sexually attracted to real biological women, especially attractive women. In their freak worlds, progressives, beta males, feminists, etc., prefer to see men attracted to other men and trannies. If you are a normal healthy red-blooded man, preferring a normal woman/relationship, you are the enemy.


24 posted on 12/13/2016 4:57:55 AM PST by blackbetty59
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To: Kaslin

Makeup wouldn’t sell if women didn’t want to look more desirable (barring the Mimi crowd)....


25 posted on 12/13/2016 4:59:42 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Kaslin

If it wasn’t for the sex, really, how many men would have anything to do with a women? If it wasn’t for babies, how many women would have anything to do with a man? Our society is cuckoo. Fleshbots and artificial insemination, brave new world ahead...


26 posted on 12/13/2016 5:00:06 AM PST by polymuser (There's a big basket of deportables.)
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To: Redmen4ever

Practical definition of misogynist: a man who hates women as much as women hate each other.

Not mine, not sure who that is attributable to. It has been around a long time.

I looked around, and find it attributed to Mencken.


27 posted on 12/13/2016 5:02:51 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Kaslin

Left out two important pre-requisites:

A. It is completely normal for heterosexual men to be sexually attracted to heterosexual women.

B. It is completely normal for heterosexual women to be sexually attracted to heterosexual men.


28 posted on 12/13/2016 5:05:42 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Kaslin

Stop the press, men view women as beautiful, women view men as beautiful.
I have always had women say certain sexual things to me, hell you stand there and your as# is felt up.

Men love women, women love men. It is nature’s way, regardless of a panty hosed homo , liberal man or woman wanting it to be different.


29 posted on 12/13/2016 5:06:14 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Kaslin
On Men Viewing Women as Sex Objects

Hello!

Isn't this what we do?

(And then we get a wife - daughters - nieces...)

30 posted on 12/13/2016 5:08:26 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Trump-a-licious


Resist Bella Abzug


31 posted on 12/13/2016 5:09:35 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: Kaslin

There’s the weird leftist notion that “objectify” = “hate”.
Men are often very caring and affectionate toward objects - frequently to the neglect of people.


32 posted on 12/13/2016 5:09:41 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Kaslin

The vast majority of women try to use their sex appeal (to varying degrees) to get men to do what they want. Even further, a substantial percentage of women actively & shrewdly use their sex appeal for blatant personal gain. Which is why I never understood why women get so excited over gay men. You’d think they’d be horrified at a man they can’t manipulate in that manner.


33 posted on 12/13/2016 5:10:18 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Kaslin
Leftism is first and foremost a denial of reality.

A revered Detroit radio talker (R.I.P. Mark Scott) went to New York to work some decades ago. He ended up coming back to Detroit and realized how bad the environment was when he saw a bumper sticker on a car that said, "Reality Is Negotiable"

HOORAY Mark, HOORAY Dennis Prager

34 posted on 12/13/2016 5:11:33 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: Socon-Econ

It’s the modern leftist version of the “Anti Sex League” from _1984_.


35 posted on 12/13/2016 5:12:46 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Trump-a-licious
One of my fav reporters is Millennial Millie who exposed many of Comrade Hellry's fake personnas


36 posted on 12/13/2016 5:12:58 AM PST by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: Trump-a-licious

Belated WELCOME ABOARD, Trump-a-licious

: )


37 posted on 12/13/2016 5:13:48 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: riverrunner
And MILLIONS of screaming girls at a Bieberthon all have dry undies.



38 posted on 12/13/2016 5:15:33 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: bert

Many women celebrate their sexuality.

My wife and her friends love to dance, and it’s obvious to anyone watching that dancing is a way to show off the curves. You may only have one guy dancing in a room, but 10 women twisting and turning.

It’s all about the curves.


39 posted on 12/13/2016 5:15:47 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: knarf
So do little girls.

A new study reveals 92% of women regularly take time out to masturbate, a huge jump from the findings of previous studies (74% in 1979 and 62% in 1953).


The other 8%, 26%, 38% were lying.

40 posted on 12/13/2016 5:20:43 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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