Thus, we struggle to recognize their subjectivity in the face of their seeming objectivity. In the first scenario, Sartre argues that we must wrestle with the fact that this other person, by analogy, must have a subjective mind like me, but we are forced to only infer this because that other person exists in the realm of objects. The ways in which others alter our worlds vary, but what is always the case is that we cannot avoid some form of relations with others. How do you feel and react in each situation? As Sartre argues, the presence of others inevitably changes our world, and the fact that we cannot change nor always control that can be very frustrating. Then imagine a different scenario in which you notice someone else doing this to you. Imagine yourself staring at a stranger, say, in a restaurant. The “Look”: Objectification According to Sartre Photo of Jean-Paul Sartre, 1967, via Flickr.
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