Dear Girls, You are More than Your Body Have you ever felt like your whole value was based on your weight, size, and appearance? That everywhere you go, media is pushing products that only sell based on how bad and inadequate you feel? Do you feel that society only values what you look like and is the only way to “contribute”? If you answered yes to any of those, I would argue you are a) most likely a woman and b) you have been objectified. If you feel like those don’t ring true, you are either a man or will most likely relate to what I hear from conservative women that say things like “I have never felt discriminated against because of my gender.” “We have every right that men do, why are feminists always protesting?” I hope to prove that we are being discriminated against so automatically and pervasively by being objectified, that some don’t even recognize it and see the enormously negative effects on individuals and our society at large. When we talk about objectif