Appreciation of the nude form/sexuality Vs Sexual objectification

-5 aamilsyed 22 June 2013 06:44PM

Note: I am a new user on this site, so I don't know what topics are forbidden here. I am testing the waters with this topic; in case it is unsuitable for this forum, please be kind to me and don't boot me out of here. Thanks!

I have read several articles with authors protesting the sexual objectification of women in some advertisement, movie or game, followed by a lot of comments that claim that it isn't sexual objectification, but appreciation of the nude form of the human body and sexuality and not really objectification.

I always get confused by this terminology, so I ask - Where do we draw the line between Appreciation of the nude form/sexuality and Sexual objectification? How do we decide if someone has crossed that line?

I request your opinion on this, dear reader and any articles or examples in this context will be much appreciated.

Comment author: aamilsyed 30 May 2013 05:58:12PM 7 points [-]

In India, the internet service provider "Tata Docomo" provides a wireless service called "Photon Plus" that uses a Huawei dongle to connect to the internet. I use this dongle and my plan consists of unlimited internet usage with speeds of 3.2 Mbps upto 5GB and then it is reduced to 153 Kbps (yeah! Imagine that!) for the rest of the month.

I have worked out a hack that gives me the full speed even after I have exhausted the 5GB data. I don't know if this is true about other service providers, but Tata Docomo tracks data usage every time I disconnect from the internet. So, if my earlier usage was 4GB and I have used 2GB in my current session, it won't be added to my total until I disconnect and end the session. So, even if I cross the 5GB limit in my current session, I still get the 3.2 Mbps as the records don't have me crossing the limit yet.

Thus, every month, I use the dongle for browsing etc until I reach close to the 5GB mark. Then I disconnect the dongle and then reconnect it, then I line up ALL the downloads that I have been saving for the month and don't disconnect again until all of them are completed.

Using this trick, I have been able to download more than 15GB data every month for the past 4 months. Unfortunately, there is a safety mechanism that the Tata Docome people have implemented, that disconnects the dongle automatically if it has been left connected for more than 24 hours. So, now I only have 24 hours to do my thing. But that is quite enough for my needs :)