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Stop Objectifying Men!

Dating, double standards and what makes us happy

Shefali O'Hara
3 min readJul 31, 2019

Recently a male friend was dumped by his girlfriend. He loved her. He wanted to marry her. Why was he dumped?

He didn’t make enough money.

However, he loved her. He encouraged her and supported her emotionally. He cared about her sexual pleasure. He cooked meals for her.

I feel sad for my friend. And I wonder — what is the point of feminism if women see men as wallets?

I hate it when men objectify women. I hate it that the modeling industry doesn’t use “average” women and erotic films never feature a real “girl next door”. However, when was the last time a romance novel featured an honorable school teacher or a mechanic with a huge heart?

Instead, we get everything from rich vampires to rich sadistic billionaires to rich… well, you get it. The tie that seems to bind them all together is that they have money.

It’s always the Cinderella story and the heroine always wants to be swept away by a Prince, even if in reality she’s got a six figure income and a hefty 401K.

Then we wonder why men are such insensitive louts who don’t listen to us and can’t give us decent orgasms. Well, we’ve programmed them that way. We’ve told them the way to our hearts is…

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Shefali O'Hara
Shefali O'Hara

Written by Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, Christian, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.

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