Objectification Quotes

It is the transformation of a human being into a mere thing. Treating a person as a tool. Or an object. Instead of being a complete human being with their feelings. Thoughts. Autonomy. Objectification is particularly common in sexual contexts. Where a person. Often a woman. Is viewed as merely a body to satisfy desires. But it can occur in any field. At work. In personal relationships. It is a denial of humanity. A stripping of dignity. These quotes explore the multiple dimensions of this harmful phenomenon.

Quote by W. C. Fields: Women are like elephants to me. I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one....
Women are like elephants to me. I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one.
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— W. C. Fields
HumorWomenRelationshipsObjectification
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac....
I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.
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— Marilyn Monroe
IdentityArtistryObjectification
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have....
I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.
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— Marilyn Monroe
ObjectificationSelf PerceptionIdentity
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn'...
People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
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— Marilyn Monroe
PerceptionObjectificationJudgmentIdentity
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing....
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
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— Marilyn Monroe
ObjectificationIdentitySelf Worth
Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another prob...
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
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— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Social DynamicsObjectificationPerception
Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep street...
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
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— Martin Luther King, Jr.
PerceptionObjectificationIdentityJudgment
Quote by Frank Ocean: I'm not a centerfold....
I'm not a centerfold.
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— Frank Ocean
IdentityObjectificationSelf Worth
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what...
Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside".
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— Marilyn Monroe
PerceptionAppearanceRelationshipsObjectification
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape....
I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape.
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— Marilyn Monroe
IdentitySelf ImageGender RolesObjectification
Quote by Marilyn Monroe: People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person....
People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.
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— Marilyn Monroe
IdentityPerceptionObjectification