This thesis explores a number of underexplored examples of sexual objectification. These cases include sexual exclusion, masculine sex objects, digital forms of pornography, and non-dyadic objectification. The analyses of these concrete cases are used to illuminate our philosophical understandings of objectification; specifically, I defend what I call a ‘constructionist’ view of sexual objectification. The thesis closes with a reflection on what this understanding might tell us about a possible positive account of embodied intimacy.

Love

I am broadly interested in the nature and value of love and intimate relationships. Currently, I am especially interested in ‘passionate loves’ such as crushes, Eros, infatuations, etc. I think there is a lack of philosophical clarity around different species of passionate love, as well as a lack of positive evaluations (epistemic, moral, etc.) of those varieties of loves. I hope to develop this into a post-doc project.