A good friend of mine, who has a similar type of blog, and I decided it would be a good idea to collaborate on a blog post. We then decided the issue of objectification of women would be a great subject to both write a blog post about. That way readers could read about the subject from both a women's point of view and from a man's point of view. To read about the issue of objectification from a women's point of view go and read What Do We Believe is Beautiful? - Collab with Profoundnessity from her blog Love Of Mine.
As you know our world and society today is pretty messed up. Its not that these problems are anything new though, they started when sin entered the world. One of the problems I have thought about lately is how much men and society objectifies women in such a manner that they are more for pleasure and sexual desires than children of God.
I have recently realized how objectifying it is when guys talk about "getting girls." That really makes it seem like girls are just something to be acquired. In addition, what you are around all day, every day doesn't help that mindset to diminish. Tv shows show you that the epitome of a relationship is some physical contact. Music talks about the glamor and pleasures of a relationship with someone special. These are only two contributing examples, but they are partially what cause society to develop a mindset of objectification.
Do we blame the women for how they act and dress? Is what they are doing making us objectify them? The answer is usually yes, but should really be no.
116 Clique - Temptation
Sex is a gift from God but we've taken it and made it idolatry
We've taken it and put it in the place of God
And we worship it and so it comes out in all kinds of profane ways
And so we blame the women for what they're wearing
And we blame the media for what they're producing
But we never blame ourselves For how we've twisted God's gift to glorify us
Don't you think its pretty hypocritical of us men to be the ones pushing women to wear less clothing and act in sexual manners, but then we blame them for the problem we are encouraging to develop. Women wouldn't be wearing less and less clothing if us men didn't say we like it and give them attention for it. So we unknowingly pressure women to put themselves out there for us to "view" and therefore have caused the act of objectifying women.
Understand that it is not the world that is causing these problems and objectification. We are the ones who live on this earth, influence culture, and shape society. We are the ones who have warped the views and ideas built around sexuality and what it should be. Will we work on fixing the problems of objectifying women, or will we just point our fingers at everyone else, saying they are the ones who objectify?
When we as men objectify women we view them as an object, an object of use for pleasure and excitement. Women are not food. We don't use them to fulfill our hunger and then discard of them as if they have become waste. Women are made in God's image, they are made in the likeness of God. Women were made not to glorify and please us, but women are made to glorify God, the one who deserves all glory and honor.
As men we should stand against the warped ideas, practices, and views of women. When we look at women just to look at their beauty we are not loving them, but degrading them. Women are not objects of use, but God's daughters. We should profoundly treat them as daughters of God, with respect and Christ like love, not as objects for us to use.
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