The Objectification of Women

One of our co-designers, Carol Eugene Park, mentioned that 1 out of 3 women are sexually assaulted. Sisters doubled checked these numbers. In 2013, CNN reported that 1 out of 3 women experience physical or sexual violence. In February 2018, NPR reported that 81% of women and 43% of men experienced sexual harassment. During my discussion with Carol, she brought up her experience with men bringing up the fact that their gender experience these incidents as well. I responded that I have heard women bringing up this statement too in order to make feminism seem unnecessary. However, if all sexes and genders were truly treated equal, the statistics should reflect the population. For instance, the world is made up of approximately 50% men and 50% women. That means, if we are all valued equally, statistics on victims of sexual harassment should be approximately 50% men and 50% women. As you can see, it’s not. Feminism teaches that females are just as valuable as males. Sexual harassment is the result of the lack of this teaching because it objectifies victims. Females are humans who deserve respect that males generally receive.