Writing Assignment: Objectification

Objectification.

I was looking through the objectification group, and I found this thread, Objectification in a Public Setting. The OP was looking for ways to make her "doll" persona seem move inviting to the other people, and wanted to "be brought" to a munch. Her ideal "Dolly" costume is a full black rubber suit including a full hood that can cover both mouth and eyes. Her issue is that not enough people want to "play" with her when she is in full gear, and it pulls her out of her space to talk, because she wants to remain anonymous when in this role play persona.

Another person who commented has someone wheel him in to the event and has a tag attached to his with a message along the lines of "please test out our new prototype of Doll 2000" etc. His suit is not complete, because he normally wears a skirt to allow genital access, but has a full hood, and breasts. His note states something along the lines of "I can answer simple questions, and speak for short periods of time but it is a drain on my battery"

These two types of objectification/dollification seem very different than what I had imagined Dollification to be. One seems to be a very machine/science fiction approach that almost views his "doll persona as a robot that continues to get upgrades to be as lifelike as possible, and the other wants to be objectified in a setting where there would be people playing with the doll with no obvious owner, almost trying to set up the meeting as if a stranger to everyone and having no friends.

I feel as if the main draw of dollification is the simplicity and also the beauty of it. Both of these individuals are trying to cover up their own characteristics in an attempt to be as object-like as possible. I guess one of the reasons to have the face covered would be to hide expressions, to be closer to a doll and farther away from a person. But if you're going to do this, why try to make life-like masks, and lifelike upgrades? Why not completely embrace the doll side? And what would a doll be doing at an event without someone to bring it in and show it off? And if a doll was sitting in a chair when you came into a room, you might look at it for a moment, but after that it's just a doll. Of course it's not interesting anymore, it's not moving or in any way special or unique, what are you supposed to do with it? That's the point of objectification isn't it? But if you did find a doll sitting in a chair, what's to say you wouldn't cause harm to it, just for the fun of it? Isn't that what children do to toys?

If someone is sitting in a full body suit at an event, no one is going to mess with it, because they will assume "if it isn't yours, don't touch!" and also, most people won't play with another person without knowing their limits. If it's not obviously a doll, not obviously beyond all other fetishes objectified, no one will take that chance.


However my point was not to ask questions about their play, it was just my musing on the subject.
I see dollification as a way to make use of the artificial beauty of make-up, and to embrace the "perfection" of a doll-face. Sing-song melodies come to mind, and ribbons, and fun girly hair-dos, and animal faces and girl-like qualities while still wearing very adult sensual clothing and shoes. It's a fun way to simplify makeup. On a deeper level, it helps to calm my mind from all the things i have to do. When I'm not allowed to move, it seems like it's the only time I don't worry about the things I think I'm "supposed" to be doing. It's nice.