Regular readers know I find most feminist complaints of "objectification" kind of hypocritical, vague and just off-base. Especially concerning e.g. ads in magazines aimed at women. (I'm definitely not speaking for Olga here.)
Judith Warner's column in today's NYT is a great example of mental backflips justifying why it's nonetheless OK for her to ogle Obama without making her less intellectual, high-minded, etc.
Of course it's OK. We all desire, as well as think. No one's accusing her of starting down a slippery slope that leads to rape and battering. Why aren't men given the privilege of that same benefit of the doubt?
