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If you think these are days in which women are\u00a0objectified, well, you\u2019d be right. The crown jewel of evolution is used to sell cars. But women have nothing<\/em> \u2014\u00a0infinitesimally\u00a0small potatoes, really \u2014 on the ridiculous amount of objectification and abstraction heaped upon men with same-sex attraction. Let\u2019s break it down.<\/p>\n First, we\u2019ve got the names we call these gentlemen. If the names come spewing forth from the homophobe, the objectification is obvious: Faggot, queer, fruit \u2014 all these terms are designed to make a total, negative definition, a non-existent and detestable class in which to place a human being: \u201cYou\u2019re not a man, you\u2019re a queer! And all queers hate Jesus and can be ignored.\u201d Because as we all know,<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If the names come from the super-with-the-times gay rights activist, then they\u2019re incredibly worse, though admittedly more subtle. The Activists\u00a0are forever encouraging men with SSA to \u201caccept your identity!\u201d, \u201ccome out!\u201d, and to otherwise claim the title of Gay Man. It\u2019s just another brilliant form of objectification.<\/p>\n Because the last time I checked, the unique identity of man is not defined by where he wants to put his penis. Identity is not gained, nor will it ever fulfill, if it is no more than a great narrowing of the human person to a single characteristic \u2014 in this case his sexual characteristic. Gay Man? Really? No one demands heterosexuals to \u201caccept their identity\u201d and define themselves as Straight Men. Such a thing would be a grave insult to the fantastic complexity of their being. Yet this is the modus operandi<\/em> of the Activist, and the end goal given to the high-school kid with same-sex attraction \u2014 to come out of the closet and love himself for Who He Is.<\/p>\n (And yes,\u00a0of course<\/em> I realize there is no stigma against being a heterosexual. That\u2019s not the point here. The point is that our super-cool-culture, in its drive to be accepting, tolerant and all the rest, has decided to defend the Gay Man and largely ignore that beautiful, noble piece of work \u2014 the actual man.)<\/p>\n Which leads to the next insidious bit of\u00a0patronizing\u00a0objectification slapped on men with same-sex attraction: Media Portrayal. According to Hollywood, gay men are not allowed to be screw-ups. Gay men are, well, just fabulous. You can hardly turn on a sitcom or cartoon, read a novel, or watch a movie without seeing the Media running their fingers through the hair of the Gay Man Abstraction, telling the world that, \u201cOh my goodness, well (Gay Man) here is incredibly funny, cute, kooky, has great taste in clothes, and will always solve (straight female protagonist)\u2019s problems by the end of the episode, like the fantastic little helper he is!\u201d Pat, pat, pat. Here, have a dose of it:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/god-hates-fags.jpg\")