objectification

The Problem of the Woman Without a Head

Bailey - July 25, 2023

Using a photo of a woman holding a shovel but eliminating her head, especially not showing her eyes, turned this woman into an object. An object whose purpose is to serve others. This photo sums up the way I suspect many men in the church view women as well as the way many women have been taught to view themselves.

Does Our Patriarchal LDS Church Make Men the Absolute Best, or the Absolute Worst? (Or Some of Each?)

Abby Maxwell Hansen - July 18, 2022

Years ago, I read a book about two American women who were kidnapped in Afghanistan. Despite struggling to escape, passerby just turned their heads...

The Reification of Women in the Book of Mormon

Em - June 22, 2020

It has been many years since I have read the Book of Mormon on a regular basis, but in the last few months I...

Objectified

Zenaida - September 11, 2008

by Zenaida I guess I've been pretty sheltered, or oblivious in the past, but I've never really been much aware of feeling objectified by men...