Obviously, Objectification, Obscenity

Think twice before starting a sentence with “Obviously”

When people start sentences with the word “Obviously,” it can come off as insulting to the person listening.
Baby, think twice before starting a sentence with “Obviously.”

Obviously.

Objectification is tempting

Baby, women often don’t like to be what we call, “victims of sexual objectification.”
What that means, is that women don’t want to be seen as objects.
By object, we mean that we don’t like to be seen as a collection of boobs and sexual organs.

We’re more complex than just being boiled down to one attribute –
How hot?

However, humans objectify animals, buildings, jobs, vehicles, and people.
It’s how we assign meaning.

Humans hate to be objectified.
It’s how we become individuals.

Baby, I hope you don’t objectify people, but I can understand if you’re tempted.
People are so complex,
they have so many different motives,
pieces and
parts that it becomes overwhelming to take all in

Because if you can reduce that driver that just cut you off to a blithering idiot,
if you can write off the man with the big muscles as a stupid jock,
if you can dismiss the opinion of someone who doesn’t make as much money as you,
you’re making things simple for yourself.

Who has time to accept them as fully complex humans?

You will.
We will.
We must.

Obscenity, Indecency and Profanity can be kind of fun

Part of your job as a growing human is to test the boundaries of what’s socially acceptable. I get that. I dabbled in pushing boundaries when I was growing up and I hope that you try a little boundary-pushing yourself.

Just a little.
(Your Papa and I would like to keep phone calls from the principal’s office to a minimum.)

Currently, American society sees the naked human as obscene, indecent and profane.
I disagree.

Part of it is that art school training I had. I drew a lot of naked people.
Part of it is society’s tacit approval of the sexual objectification of women — where women can’t be naked without being sexual because they’re sexual objects. Why would they be naked if they didn’t want sex?
Part of it is just silly.

You’re naked right now.
You’ll be born naked.
I assume in your childish glee, you’ll run around naked.

And someone will probably mutter under their breath about how your naked body is obscene, indecent and profane.
But I will think it’s a miracle.

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