definition says
"to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize" basically to strip someone of any regards to human rights feelings emotions viewing someone as not human but a item for personal gain that being said both men and women can be objectified with women as stereotypically known to be of use for nothing more then as either a living sex toy or a sandwich maker(at least according to sitcoms and some trolling jackasses just trying to attack others using an old stereotype)
for men it can take a different term from where I was raised and what I was exposed to men where nothing more then soldiers or less you where raised to fight kill and eventually die sometimes for stupid reasons or things you don't even belive in being treated as basically a living weapon to be used then thrown away once broken(dead) now keep in mind both these scenarios can happen to both genders iv known more then enough women that had dealings with contract killers and there are plenty of male prostitutes/male strippers (don't know any just seen movie stereotypes and heard rumors of Europe)
QUESTION: which do you honestly think is worse and how do would you deal with being treated as either