Pre-historic Goddess Figures: Ancient Objectification? [View all]

With no faces or individuality, primarily consisting of big breasts and buttocks, it is hard to see how the ancient sculptors were not "objectifying women". Even if they were for magical or ritual purpose, they are the very definition of "objectification" in a quite literal sense.



For that matter, as long as we are on the subject, the animal kingdom, in all cases, has evolved so that certain parts of the anatomy are attractive. Bright feathers or plumage, big horns, colorful stripes, and big red asses. When a chimp is attracted by the buttocks of a female chimp in estrus, is he "objectifying" her? Should he not consider her as an overall chimp rather than breaking her down into body parts?