some words on the objectification of women

• naked woman =/= objectification. this is misogyny at its most subtle, everyone. the idea that any woman with her clothes on is unfair to two groups: 1) the woman, because it implies that the female body cannot be viewed as anything but an object for sexual pleasure, and 2) men, surprisingly, because it assumes that all men are drooling idiots. both of those ideas are bullshit, and you're not helping anybody by implying that the only way to show a woman respectfully is with her clothes on. the framing of the scene/shot/panel is more important than the content, so before you complain, really look and see if the author/illustrator/whatever actually meant for it to be titillating.
• objectification doesn't have to be sexual. this is one i ran into while reading man of steel. you're not jumping out of the box because you're not mentioning how 'sexy' she is, okay? the more times you mention how earth-shatteringly beautiful this girl is, the less relatable she becomes. not even kidding, every time gary cox mentioned how warm and exquisite and 'beautifully rendered' lara was, the more i imagined her as arwen from lord of the rings, because she wasn't just a regular person anymore! instead of turning her into a sex object she's turned into a porcelain doll or a marble statue - she's not a person either way, and both are just as bad as the other. if she's pretty, just say she's pretty - using the word pretty is fine - and leave it.