The Importance Of Being Objectified

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Since when did being sweet become underrated? Apparently being objectified is what girls/guys value more these days. It's honestly pathetic that someone who would do absolutely anything and everything for a person and treat them the way they should be treated (like a woman or man) is put to the side and pushed away. Yet someone who couldn't care less about them and treats them like a piece of meat get all their attention. Funny thing is that they still have the nerve to complain about how "all guys are the same" or "all girls are the same." When in reality they are not all the same their just too delusional to pick the right

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