THE FEMININE OBJECTIFICATION: A GYNEPHILIC DISCUSSION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. L. JAMES’ FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
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This research investigates objectification of women defined As Nussbaum (1995), “it is a question of treating one thing as another: One is treating as an object, what is in fact a human being.” Who is nor a thing neither object, let alone a sexual commodity. According to Simone de Beauvoir (1940), “Evidently to play at being a man will be for her a source of frustration; but to play at being a woman is also a delusion: to be a woman would mean to be the object, the Other – and the Other nevertheless remains subject in the midst of her resignation.” Furthermore, As cited in (Evangelia Lina Papadaki) 2015, “When a person is treated as less than human, as merely an object for another's use, she becomes, according to Dworkin, less than human. In this way, her humanity is harmed by being diminished.” This is further explained, as cited in (Evangelia Lina Papadaki) 2015, Similarly, Dworkin talks about men being the only “human center” of the world, surrounded by objects for use, including women. A man experiences his power, according to Dworkin, in using objects, both inanimate objects and “persons who are not adult men” (Dworkin 1989, 104). However, in Fifty Shades of Grey, this objectification appears intensely complicated for it is gynophilic in nature which this paper intends to explore.
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