I am both. You are displaying a false dichotomy. There are many definitions of object. I fall on some and dont fall on others. In any case, what I would say without doubt is that my body is an object, a sexual one at that.
I would be very troubled if no one saw me body as a sexual object, yes, absolutely.
Your false (and extremely weird) dichotomy is that you are either an object or a person. The weird part is that if I show a man a replica of a woman's body so perfect it looks real and he has an "equally" good looking woman at his right telling him she wants to do stuff to him, how many men do you think would choose the object instead of the actual person?
Real objects cant move creatively or be part of a conversation or of sexual communication (and sex is sexual communication/stimulation)
I can understand if you tell me that a guy who is more ttracted to women when they are unconscious is a guy who treats them as if they were nothing but objects. That's reasonable.
A guy who likes them dancing and making expressions of lust and interacting with him? obviously aint looking for an object. Similar non real stuff can be found on porn in the internet, but then the "object" would be the recording of the woman, not the woman so there would be no obejctification there either.
dont repeat yourself if you dont want to
I 'll read at will.
A clown wouldnt get the same respect either, but I agree with you it is wrong, it just has nothing to do with the clown being an "enterteinment balloon making" object.
It has to do with people paying dfferent respects form people in different jobs. (which I wouldnt agree in the sense that everyone diserves equal respect)