Reply #115: Ah, therein lies an interesting point [View All]

[Catch22Dem]

A man views BEING objectified as a good thing. Men love to be oogled and teased and, yes, objectified by women. Some men, will simply assume women enjoy the same thing. Luckily I don't fall into this category, otherwise my very strong-willed wife would have never married me. ;)

However, I think too many things are being lumped into one discussion here. I don't see any problem with commenting that a member of the opposite sex is "hot" regardless of which sex is doing the commenting. Sometimes I think it's very interesting to see what other people think "attractive" is. Some people may think Edwards' daughter is attractive, and some may think Edwards is attractive. It's not so much objectifying the person (if that's the limit of the discussion) rather objectifying physical features and seeing if others agree or disagree.

There was a wonderful thread on DU some time ago about the actress from "Love Actually" who, in the movie, is portrayed as the "fat girl." Well someone posted her picture and of course the men fell in love with her. She's extremely beautiful indeed. In that thread, A LOT of DU women commented that it was nice to hear all the guys thinking this girl was attractive, since she didn't fit "the mold."