On Treating Things as People: Objectifi cation, Pornography, and the History of the Vibrator

Hypatia 21 (2):45-61 (2006)
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This article discusses recent feminist arguments for the possible existence of an interesting link between treating things as people and treating people as things. It argues, by way of a historical case study, that the connection is more complicated than these arguments have supposed. In addition, the essay suggests some possible general links between treatment of things and treatment of people

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