"Objectification": Science, or Junk Science?

[Major Nikon]

88. Here's the problem

When you put forth an idea and call it a 'theory' you should have objective, repeatable evidence that supports the idea. You should also be able to demonstrate how the model accurately predicts the given environment. Otherwise it's not a theory at all, but rather a collection of ideas that is being called a theory in order to gain credibility it doesn't otherwise have.

The really fun part happens when you try to use the predictions of this so-called 'theory' and apply them to real world situations. By their standard, women in Europe are more 'objectified' than women in the US, yet the incident rate for the mental health issues that 'objectification theory' attempts to predict are either equal or lower. Per their 'theory', sexual violence has a direct tie to sexual objectification. Yet sexual objectification, as they define it, has risen over the past 40 years at the same time sexual violence has decreased.