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Objectification Of Women Essay

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WOMEN ARE OBJECTS
In South Asia, men sexually objectify women. It is completely normal for heterosexual South Asian men to see women to whom they are sexually attracted as sex objects. Such sexual objectification is customary in South Asia. Sexual objectification is the act of considering a person as an ordinary mechanism of sexual pleasure. Objectification more approximately means considering a person as a product or an object without respect to their personality or dignity. Objectification is most frequently inspected at the level of the social order, but can also denote to the behavior of individuals. The concept of sexual objectification and, in particular, the objectification of women, is an important idea in feminist theory and psychological …show more content…

She 's a cute thing.
b. Take off your clothes and show me your stuff.
c. How would you like a little bit of that?
d. She likes to flaunt it.
e. He played her like a violin.
These remarks objectify women without showing any deference and regard to their personality and dignity. Such coquettish remarks are part of street communication. The expressions like ciz (Commodity) and mal( Product) display the objectification of women in South Asia. The use of ciz or mal for women is an example of sexual objectification by males. It involves a woman being viewed primarily as an object of male sexual desire, rather than as a whole person. The objectification of women is reflected in the film songs
a. tu cheez badi hai mast mast
b. dil ciz kya hai jan lijiye
The subsequent section is going to put the focus on discussing two metaphors, SEX IS EATING, and SEX IS CONQUEST, as they have higher frequencies of occurrences in the South Asian street communication. Besides identifying these two metaphors, their relationship with South Asian culture, as well as how the way they influence the readers’ minds will also be examined in detail.
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In the data of this research, the sex domain is frequently expressed through terms from the domain of eating such as rasugulla, rasmalai or gulab jamun. By “transporting” these expressions to the context of sex in street communication, a semantic conceptualization of SEX IS EATING is implied, reflecting that sex is systematically conceptualized in terms of eating. The association of women and food is very old. Hence, it is not surprising to find in South Asian coquetry expressions a great many linguistic expressions establishing such a connection. Malai, rasgulla, sweetie or cookie are but a few examples commonly found in these sort of expressions. Common desserts employed in these street communication include rabri (cream), paka am (ripe mango) shahad ( honey) and

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