October brings all that is beautiful about autumn, with its glorious colors and cooler temperatures, but it also carries with it a darker underside, as it’s known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As the month winds down, I have been thinking about the lifetime of work I’ve done in the domestic violence field as a writer, educator, and counselor. In this post, I want to turn our attention to something that is part and parcel of violence against women and yet not always examined and understood. Here, I’ll focus on objectification as a key tactic and strategy used to perpetuate violence against women.

Men’s violence against women takes many forms, including physical, emotional,........

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