(June 9, 2013 at 1:03 pm)plaincents822 Wrote: If you go to McDonald's for a meal, do you treat the person behind the counter as an actual person? Or do you deal with that person simply to get what you want (i.e. a meal)? We objectify people on an everyday basis.
Me? I try to treat them as a person. I acknowledge their presence, make eye contact, smile, say thank you and consider them an actual person with thoughts and feelings. So no, I try not to treat them as if they exist only for the purpose of preparing and handing me food.
Making an excuse for bad behavior based on another similar behavior isn't much of an excuse anyway. I've seen fast food works and retail workers being treated like shit. That isn't an excuse to portray women as sexual objects void of thoughts, feelings and autonomy.
