But there are those who would argue that equal opportunity objectification of women does not represent progress.
"I'm all for the equal opportunity objectification of everyone," he said at the film's Sydney premiere on Monday, where more than 5,000 Australian fans braved the wintry weather to meet the stripper-turned-actor.
For years, my best women friends and I have bemoaned our inability to bang like our gay male peers, who seemed to practice an ideal of free love we longed for, full of equal opportunity objectification, elective nonmonogamy, unashamed sluttiness, and a communal acceptance of all of the above.
I'm not about to advocate equal-opportunity objectification, though a world in which we're denied the chance to goggle physical beauty would be joyless indeed.
He's a little flattered at being the victim of equal-opportunity objectification, but he's also starting to feel a little used.
Says Jenn of Tiny Choices: "While I'm not a proponent of objectifying women, I do think it's pretty neat that the photos sex-up compost stations and veggie-oil cars.... Hey Habana: how about including pin-up men in the 2010 calendar, and making it equal-opportunity eco-objectification?" Agreed.
Should we be worried about his sexual objectification?
When will this relentless sexual objectification of male politicians end?
Objectification theory is a useful framework for understanding how individuals internalize the sexual objectification of male and female bodies.
Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) offers a framework for understanding the relationship between revealing dress and sexual objectification or SO.
