One of the quiet tragedies of modern masculinity is how easily objectification disguises itself as ambition. Anything you believe you can obtain through transaction eventually stops being a person in your mind. It becomes a resource. Something to acquire, secure, optimise, or lose. And once that lens is on, it colours everything. When people hear the phrase “objectifying women,” they usually imagine sexual imagery or surface-level judgment. But objectification isn’t about how someone looks. It’s