Why are women objectified even in modern times? | By Seema Tripathi | October 2025
Objectification problems and their solutions
It is a complex problem that affects women psychologically. I recently saw on the news how Georgia Meloni was objectified by many of the world’s political leaders. Despite holding the highest office as Prime Minister of a respected country, she was embarrassed by her good looks and faced Donald Trump’s comments on her, quote unquote, as “beautiful”, and Tayyip Erdogan has been known to comment on Meloni’s appearance, reducing her as an object of attraction rather than as a respected and honored leader and stateswoman.
Her political journey was very difficult. Being a woman, she had to walk through fire to fix her cloak for many years. She also received condescending advice from Erdogan to “quit smoking,” which was unsolicited advice. He completely undermined her expertise and authority.
If women in power are the target of objectification, how can common women be safe from these angry vultures?
According to A delayHalf the world believes men are better at politics, and 40 percent believe men are better business executives.
What is objectification?
Objectification means treating a person as an object. This occurs when women are reduced to their physical appearance only, while their dignity, independence and uniqueness are ignored.
Reasons behind the objection
Community standards
Women are always forced to follow certain beauty standards for appreciation and praise, ignoring their inner strength and qualities. No matter how talented she is, she will be compared based on her beauty. She always has to face negative behavior from people.
Patriarchal power dynamics
Always subjugate women to maintain their dominance. Cultural rules put women in second place after men.
Historically, women have been oppressed and oppressed. Its consequences are much more dangerous than we imagine. It causes mental health problems such as depression, low self-esteem, and anxiety in women. Objectification can limit employment opportunities, and their potential is stunted because it is all about their physical appearance and not their abilities, qualifications and experience.
Why don’t we break objectification and bury it?
To break these constraints, we must challenge and change societal norms, media representation, and power dynamics. Awareness about objectification is important; Many women don’t even know if they are being objectified. They think they are beautiful, and therefore they are praised.
Education and awareness
We need to educate them about how objectification can harm them and promote harassment. Critical thinking is needed in this context.
Women should be empowered to take care of themselves instead of relying on the man of the family. They should learn judo karate to protect from evil minded people.
Economic independence
They should be economically independent to protect their personal interests. Women should come together to support and help each other. They should not run after beautifying the external appearance and glass-like shapes, but rather should maintain a healthy and strong appearance.
Indrajande managed it very well, even though she was wearing an elegant cultural sari; She maintained her dignity by displaying her bold self-status rather than beautifying herself.
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