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I know I have no idea what objectification means. In its technical sense, I think it's synonymous with reification. However, that's not how it is strictly used in sexual objectification as an object of physical pleasure is often idealized. I believe the original meaning of the concept of objectification in feminist philosophy obviously stems for existential philosophy which would make it a kind of bad faith imposed on others through the male gaze and social norms, etc. However, I don't know if that meaning has changed since then or if it gets muddied by how it is used elsewhere. In fact, I'm sure if I gave it enough though that I could trace it back to my general criticism of the genealogy of the subject/object.
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