So you think that a single scene portraying a character in a sexual light is sexual objectification?
Yes, absolutely. In that scene, the character is being objectified. Who said a character needs to be objectified throughout an entire film without ever getting more nuanced treatment to be called “a character who has been objectified?” All of the definitions you’ve just taken the time to look up and type out fit with my understanding of what objectification is, I just don’t understand why you seem to be requiring these characters to be in a constant state of objectification to receive the label, when it’s patently obvious objectification can be done at some times and not others. Again, if you’re going to make that a criteria, then plenty of female leads who were clearly objectified, aren’t in your opinion, simply because they also agency, power, complexity, etc, in other moments.
So you think that a single scene portraying a character in a sexual light is sexual objectification?
Edit: Also, if you don’t like the way I’ve worded the definition of objectification you can look at American philosopher Martha Nusbaum’s:
Instrumentality – treating the person as a tool for another’s purposes
Denial of autonomy – treating the person as lacking in autonomy or self-determination
Inertness – treating the person as lacking in agency or activity
Fungibility – treating the person as interchangeable with (other) objects
Violability – treating the person as lacking in boundary integrity and violable, “as something that it is permissible to break up, smash, break into.”
Ownership – treating the person as though they can be owned, bought, or sold (such as slavery)
Denial of subjectivity – treating the person as though there is no need for concern for their experiences or feelings
Yes, absolutely. In that scene, the character is being objectified. Who said a character needs to be objectified throughout an entire film without ever getting more nuanced treatment to be called “a character who has been objectified?” All of the definitions you’ve just taken the time to look up and type out fit with my understanding of what objectification is, I just don’t understand why you seem to be requiring these characters to be in a constant state of objectification to receive the label, when it’s patently obvious objectification can be done at some times and not others. Again, if you’re going to make that a criteria, then plenty of female leads who were clearly objectified, aren’t in your opinion, simply because they also agency, power, complexity, etc, in other moments.