So the word objectivify is often through around whenever someone finds someone of a particular race hot and points out specific features that are obviously going to be more prominent in that race.
But some people think of this as thinking of them as fetishism or objectification. Objects aren't going to make us hard or turn us on.
To some degree doesn't finding something particular about someone's body or face equally "objectify" them?
It means that you find that race attractive because of true or false stereotypes about that race. For eg., someone finds Latinas attractive because they think all Latinas are spicy. Or Asians attractive because they believe Asian women to be submissive, or like anime.
It basically reduces a whole group of people to a stereotype. Fetishisation also suggests that some races are inherently more attractive or desirable than others, so when someone is attracted to someone of another race, it is only because they projected a certain stereotype onto them.
Does it have to equal you believing in sterotypes though? "Fetishisation also suggests that some races are inherently more attractive or desirable than others" Isn't that just part and parcel of finding a particular race attractive though? Obviously people of a different race look different. And preferences are a common shared opinion
Yeah I think so. If I find a [black/white/asian] guy attractive just because of his attributes as an individual or because I find his features attractive, I'm not fetishising. I am looking at him as a person not a stereotype. But, if I don't really get to know him but assume he is a certain way because of his race, and that's what makes me want to date him, then I would call that fetishisation. I don't think I made it really clear what I meant in the original answer, sorry. I mean that when people talk about "fetish" they are usually (not always, but usually) referring to being attracted to minorities. And usually when people say that, they are inferring that being attracted to non-minorities is the default and standard, and that they are more desirable somehow. So, when someone likes a black/white/Asian, it is not standard attraction but a "fetish."
I agree with you, but I don't see why that's a bad thing. Also, a "fetish" is something you can't live without.
The thing with racial fetishes, and I’ve been in interracial relationships where this was the case, is the attraction is to traits common to the race…. skin tone, facial features, etc rather than individual traits. So you’re never quite sure whether the person is really into you or just gets off on your ethnicity. It can be kind of off-putting. Also, the attraction is sometimes based on assumptions and stereotypes about the race as well. Whether someone feels objectified by that or not depends on the individual because sometimes there’s a fine line with this kind of thing.
A like or preference is not a fetish ‼️🤷🏻♂️
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