Self-objectifying because of the lack of self-intrinsic value.

The act of objectifying the body is a complicated and serious problem. Objectification of your own body is what I want to talk about. I chose to focus on this instead of men objectification of female bodies because self-objectification has to do with the self. Although hard to change objectification of females, it is a definite that self-objectification can be stopped with a knowledge of self-intrinsic value.

I am a logical person. Being logical makes me question and try to rationalize everything, even life. I usually ask philosophical questions like why am I in this world? What is my purpose? That, however, would lead me no where. There is no rational answer why I am here in the world or if have any purpose in this world. Then, I just gave up trying to philosophize because it left me to think that if there is no purpose here in life, then maybe I don’t have a value.

When one does not value themselves, they tend to do things that might to make them feel like they have value. Therefore, a person’s value comes from whatever they can perform or produce. For me, my life value was attained from my ability to play soccer, to help others, to make my family proud, and other things. This is also called extrinsic value, the value of an object based on it relation to other things. The search for extrinsic value is what makes people do things that society is against. In this situation, I believe that women in music videos self-objectifying their bodies are looking for a sense of value. If there not cherished by their families, not given love from their parents, and things like that, they look for another way to fulfill this hole in their life. For example, Ciara was born in Austin, Texas on October 25, 1985 as the only child of Jackie and Carlton Harris. Since her father was in the United States Army, throughout her childhood, Ciara grew up on army bases in Germany, New York, Utah, California, Arizona, and Nevada. With all do respect, Ciara might not have gotten the love and cherish she wanted from her family. In terms of this video, she might be self-objectifying herself like many other females so she gains extrinsic value.

Now, this applies to everyone. We can agree that there are other people looking for extrinsic value through many ways, owning a company, having a job, having a family, etc. Although there might be a reason for their self-objectification, females should be held accountable for their action. They should seek intrinsic value, which generally implies caring and appreciating one self and in turn they will gain self-respect for their body.

Without the dependency on other people a person can still feel valuable and in-turn feel confident, happy, and self-respecting, etc. Intrinsic value, a person values their life simply because it’s a life. Although hard to do, if some females had more self-intrinsic value then the self-objectifying might stop.

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