ABC has a history of pushing the boundaries between normal and abnormal sexuality - the pregnant man, transgenderism, bisexuality, incest - but the April 8 "Good Morning America" pushed the line to a new level with its report on "objectum sexuals."
"Objectum sexuals," as defined by ABC's Kate Snow, are people whose "intimate life revolves around objects, not people." Erika Eiffel, an "objectum sexual" who changed her last name to Eiffel as a reflection of the commitment ceremony she had with the famous Parisian landmark, further explained "we feel an innate connection with objects. It comes perfectly normal to us, to connect on various levels, emotional, spiritual, and also physical for some."
Eiffel, who believes "she was born this way," told Snow, "when other teenagers were dating each other, I was dating a bridge."
"Sexologist" Amy Marsh represented the medical community in Snow's report. According to her website, Marsh's practice includes dealing with "BDSM and ‘kink' issues, etc," "Hypnotherapy," and "Couples Education ... designed to encompass sexual and cultural diversity." She boasts a "certificate in sexological bodywork."
Snow summed up Marsh's take on "objectum sexuality" as "not a disorder, but possibly a new sexual orientation. She says more study is needed."
Marsh told ABC:
[Objectum sexual relationships] are real. They are complex. And they are no less and no more of value than other romantic relationships. I can tell you that what I'm finding is not much history of sexual abuse. And actually not much in the way of psychiatric diagnosis, either. I'm also finding out that quite a few of them have a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome or autism but not everybody.
Snow at least acknowledged the medical community's reluctance to immediately proclaim a new sexual orientation. "Some were skeptical," Snow reported. "Most said they weren't familiar with O.S. but suggested it could be classified as a paraphilia, a type of sexual disorder. Some psychologists say people with O.S. have been abused or simply have a fetish." None of those psychologists were interviewed for the piece, however.
Yet Snow appeared to redefine normal by only featuring a member of the medical community who equated "objectum sexual" relationships with human-to-human relationships. She also appeared to downplay the other experts' doubt by reporting, "Erika says she doesn't have Asperger's, nor does she believe her abusive childhood, shuffling between foster homes, contributed to O.S."
Snow further spun a positive picture of O.S., highlighting Eiffel's achievements, such as becoming a two-time world champion archer and admittance to the U.S. Air Force Academy. In each case, her accomplishment was attributed to her deep love for her bow and F-15 fighter jets.
Eiffel insisted to Snow, that despite "ridicule by peers, abandonment by her family and a medical discharge from the Air Force," all presumably as a result of her love for inanimate objects, that she's "happy ... not hurting anyone ... not being held back."
Snow's report also appeared to be a plea for research funding for this topic. She made sure to include that Marsh believes "more study is needed." And in the re-cap of the report with GMA host Diane Sawyer, Snow said, "There's no way of knowing exactly how many people there are out there like this. But there is this online community now. The Internet has made it possible for groups to find each other. And they're convinced there's a lot more people like this out there. If they could only find each other."
ABC is certainly doing its part to help "objectum sexuals" find each other and to encourage society's acceptance of object-human relationships.
—Colleen Raezler is a research assistant at the Culture and Media Institute
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WTF?
April 8, 2009 - 14:28 ET by aakaakaakI love lamp.
Roflcopters
http://www.americanw...
Inanimate objects....
April 8, 2009 - 16:07 ET by grumpyoldbFirst Homosexual marriage, then farm animals, inanimate objects, who cares anymore. Any unnatural act is now supposed to be treated as mainstream. Welcome to the Fall of Western Civilization as we know it..
But WAIT...
April 8, 2009 - 16:36 ET by boomerconThis could be perfect! Let all the liberals and lefty loons hook up with (marry or whatever) any and every inanimate object they so desire.
All we need is one generation...just one; and POOF!
No more liberals!
I like it!!
Yeah, right.
April 8, 2009 - 20:28 ET by RESTLESS 1Just wait until they sue for the right to adopt.
BTW, has anyone seen my guitar. It went out for beers three days ago. :/
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
adoption rights
April 9, 2009 - 08:59 ET by aakaakaakIt'll give a new meaning to "adopt-a-highway".
http://www.americanwarmonger.blogspot.com
Can ABC Count these Love Objects in their News Ratings?
April 8, 2009 - 19:00 ET by allanfThe story now makes sense to me. ABC News wants to call these "Love Objects" viewers and count them in their ratings book.
MMmmm
April 8, 2009 - 14:33 ET by MillerTimeWarpOh YEA, I remember my teenage years and the summer I spent with the tailpipe from a 1968 Chevrolet Corvair. Unsafe at any speed, you say ? MMmmm
Kate Snow IS an inanimate object
A '68? Which summer?
April 8, 2009 - 14:37 ET by SickofLibsWTF??? She broke up with me for you?
Sorry SoL
April 8, 2009 - 14:41 ET by MillerTimeWarpI am now dating a 2006 Nissan Z. But as I lay with my "partner" from Japan, I can still hear my first time with the Corvair. She had an oil leakage problem, but I didn't mind. My Nissan love me long time.
This is so sick - an F-15
April 8, 2009 - 14:33 ET by SickofLibsAs if this wasn't bad enough - Eiffel was dating an older plane???
Say what?
April 8, 2009 - 14:34 ET by GalvanicIt reads like something one would find on The Onion.
Since states are recognizing same-sex marriage, will they recognize the marriage of a person with an inanimate object?
Oh yeah.
April 8, 2009 - 14:56 ET by dervishStand by.
Although I'm not sure how the Eiffel Tower would go about collecting insurance benefits and such. Probably some lawyer would be glad to handle the proceedings: take the payout, then issue Mr. Tower a check for the entire amount.
sliding .... sliding...
April 8, 2009 - 14:35 ET by katainkentReality has LEFT the building!
3:36 PM, EST I predict AT
April 8, 2009 - 14:38 ET by SickofLibs3:36 PM, EST
I predict AT LEAST 100 posts in this thread.
time...reminds me.....
April 8, 2009 - 14:44 ET by MillerTimeWarpI've been having an affair with a Citizens wrist watch. Couldn't help myself. I'm such a whore
What a WEIRDO!
April 8, 2009 - 14:49 ET by kufir77I don't even know what else to say.
I just hope I'm dead before the "objectum sexual rights" movement starts up...
Some people marry architects...
April 8, 2009 - 14:52 ET by Matthew PhilbinSome marry architecture...
Slightly off topic but
April 8, 2009 - 14:56 ET by MillerTimeWarpIf Mike Brady was such a great architect, why did he design a house where 6 kids had to live in 2 bedrooms and share 1 bathroom ?
Remember the football that hit Marcia in the nose ? MMmm I miss my childhood football. Used to sleep with it. (Back onto the topic at hand - please continue)
He had to save on construction costs.
April 8, 2009 - 14:59 ET by kufir77How else could he afford to support 6 kids, his wife, a dog, AND a full time maid on a single income?
I forget, did they get food stamps?
You're all a bunch of
April 8, 2009 - 14:58 ET by PewahYou're all a bunch of sick-minded deviants just for posting on this one. Conversely, what I've taken away from this post is the desire to better myself and become certified in "sexological bodywork".
I have no clue what it means, but it sounds like a field I could do really well in. Does anybody know if there are TARP funds available to help me out with tuition?
I used to have a
April 8, 2009 - 15:01 ET by MillerTimeWarpI used to have a relationship with a tarp. Dirty old blue thing made of plastic. Had several holes in it. Doesnt call me anymore :-(
Yeah, it probably ran away
April 8, 2009 - 15:06 ET by PewahYeah, it probably ran away from your abuse, like sheep who for obvious reasons flee everytime the shepherd shows up, huh?
How long before Massachesetts
April 8, 2009 - 15:12 ET by Jack Hermanapproves human-inamimate object marriage?
Would that allow me to add the house to the company insurance plan?
....and we thought same sex
April 8, 2009 - 15:22 ET by oldArmy....and we thought same sex marriage stirred up controversy....
I love my Minolta
April 8, 2009 - 15:28 ET by RukusI wanted to hang a picture of it in my room but couldn't figure out how to get it to take a picture of itself. Sigh. : (
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
Geez
April 8, 2009 - 15:37 ET by MillerTimeWarphow about using a mirror ? If you truely love your object...you will find a way to make it happy. Its not always about you. My camera stopped talking to me when I got my cell phone with built-in camera.
No mirrors
April 8, 2009 - 16:28 ET by RukusMy camera has a small mirror in it and if it saw a bigger one, Oh MY! It's kinda sensitive about the mirror thingy doncha know. : )
Mirror envy! Sigh...
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
But people who believe in
April 8, 2009 - 15:39 ET by mattmBut people who believe in the traditional family are "weird"...
Not very unusual
April 8, 2009 - 15:42 ET by jdlybrandLots of women are in love with objects. They're called vibrators.
... and diamonds, and credit
April 9, 2009 - 09:52 ET by IndyAdam... and diamonds, and credit cards...
Didn't Chris Cuomo say a few
April 8, 2009 - 15:50 ET by Radical1979Didn't Chris Cuomo say a few weeks ago that GMA wasn't an entertainment show, it was a news show? Judging by the posts, this was a pretty entertaining topic.
I believe it....
April 8, 2009 - 16:03 ET by ConservativeFLSince "The One" was elected every strange wacko group with a grievance or agenda has come out of the woodwork.
Eiffel, who believes "she was born this way," told Snow, "when other teenagers were dating each other, I was dating a bridge."
Where do these people come from? How does someone date a bridge?
"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15." Ronald Reagan
"How does someone date a bridge? "
April 8, 2009 - 16:31 ET by RukusI suspect she just asked it out and it said "sure!" ; )
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
→ I wouldn't know
April 8, 2009 - 16:34 ET by Cool ArrowBut I had a fling with the Grand Canyon. Sometimes I think she didn't even notice me.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
The Grand Canyon!!!?
April 8, 2009 - 16:50 ET by RukusI'm impressed CA! I'll bet that was deep! ; )
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
So did I!!!
April 8, 2009 - 20:21 ET by RESTLESS 1But we called her "backseat Becky". What a gal!!!
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
A Bridge!? She might want
April 9, 2009 - 09:54 ET by IndyAdamA Bridge!? She might want to consider a pap smear. Wonder who was on top for that one?
I used to date a
April 8, 2009 - 16:11 ET by balboaI used to date a bridge...till I found out it was sleeping with the handrail.
You know, people laughed...
April 8, 2009 - 16:26 ET by Mike Bratton...at people like me, years ago. A lot of people didn't take us seriously when we said that indulging one sexual deviance, attempting to normalize and mainstream it, and reframing it as "just another lifestyle choice" would have consequences.
Just as we're seeing the first days of a dictator in Obama, we're in the first stages of a large-scale move to unfettered pansexual permissiveness. Now fetishism with landmarks and airplanes is dared to be pushed as a "new sexual orientation"?
Nonsense. It is every bit the deviancy that same-sex deviancies are, and people suffering from any such deviancy need treatment, not enabling.
Don't you know that NAMBLA is just waiting for its number to be called?
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
And she end's up ...
April 8, 2009 - 16:25 ET by Seton Motley...with a phallic symbol.
Otherwise, it would be a little weird.
Seton Motley
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Great Minds :-)
April 8, 2009 - 16:31 ET by Mr. E. MeatLooks like we were thinking along the same lines at the same time.
"I'm trying to contain an outbreak and you're driving the monkey to the airport." -- Hank Hill
Which side of the inanimate fence?
April 8, 2009 - 16:28 ET by Mr. E. MeatI suppose since she's committed to a tower this makes her a "hetero objectum sexual" as opposed to a "homo objectum sexual" had she committed to a structure such as the Pentagon.
How long 'til we have the objectum pride parade? I keep pinching myself in an attempt to wake up from this very bad, very long nightmare that is today's America.
"I'm trying to contain an outbreak and you're driving the monkey to the airport." -- Hank Hill
Me objectum to all this
April 9, 2009 - 09:56 ET by IndyAdamMe objectum to all this objectumtivity.
So, now, I'm out of the closet....
April 8, 2009 - 17:03 ET by Bob in TampaI confess... I still have dreams about the '58 Edsel that was always parked in my school parking lot. Seems like I just couldn't keep my mind on class while that thing was just sitting out there waiting for, no doubt, me.
www.flickr.com/photo...
Republicans are always accused of being sharks; I wish they'd rise to the level of minnows... Ann Coulter
Now I know what I'm
April 8, 2009 - 17:10 ET by Clear thinkerNow I know what I'm puttingh on my sign for next Wednesday... "Objectum Sexuality demand equal rights!"
Screwing With The Huffington Post
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
Screwing With The Huffington Post...
April 9, 2009 - 09:57 ET by IndyAdamNow THAT's Objectum Sexuality!
What's Next Kate Snow Dating ...
April 8, 2009 - 18:54 ET by allanfDirty Harry's 357 Magnum?
What
April 8, 2009 - 19:48 ET by RowaneWhat in the world will the drive-by mediots try to normalize next? THIS is one of the reasons that MSM news is getting consistantly lower viewership.
Umm...wow...just...WOW!
April 8, 2009 - 20:17 ET by RESTLESS 1And the truly sad thing is, this is nowhere near as believable as the April Fools thread. WOW!!!
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
The Eiffel Tower
April 8, 2009 - 20:24 ET by Roger the ShrubberThat was my nickname in college.
→ Pisa was mine
April 8, 2009 - 20:27 ET by Cool ArrowDoubtless due to being right handed.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
When life is weirder than an
April 8, 2009 - 21:49 ET by GrannyGrump42When life is weirder than an Onion article, it's time to hunker in your bunker and wait out the apocalypse.
Fortunately, I love my bunker.
She's too permiscuous...I love plane, now bridge, now tower
April 8, 2009 - 23:04 ET by SkipperMLMI hope the govnerment makes sure her spouse is covered on her health care plan. Does this now mean I can marry that beautiful island I've had my eyes on for years and not pay for it because you're not alowed to purchase "trade for gain" your spouce in the US? I'm certain she said yes. What about her (the island's) rights and my right to "choose"? I'll need a nurse to live there and take good care of the island...Paid for by the government of course.
Most of the comments posted to this article left me in stitches,
April 9, 2009 - 03:20 ET by Rush Fanand demonstrate the terrific humor and common sense characteristic of those of us on the right.
Years ago, when the personal computer was just coming into popularity, I had a computer vendor give me a banner that I pasted on the back bumper of my car. Printed on the banner was the phrase "Have you hugged your computer lately?" The banner was so popular that I often had people in cars pull up alongside me and ask where they could obtain one like it.
I guess if I had the same banner pasted on my bumper today I would be accused of being a "objectum sexual." Times have changed, and not necessarily for the better. But I guess every generation says the same thing about the next generation.
Be kind to your children;
They choose your nursing home.
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The inherent danger of the
April 9, 2009 - 05:11 ET by freecitizenThe inherent danger of the internet is that is takes some obscure deviancy that only occurs in a small part of a fraction of a percent then scales it out to billions. Suddenly these weirdos aren't isolated deviants anymore. Now they are a community. Where as shame used to help keep such deviants in check, now they find support groups that make them feel like they are just a different kind of normal.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but if you are dating an inanimate object, then you are not normal. Get some help.
What it really is
April 9, 2009 - 09:06 ET by aakaakaakCan we just call this what it is? Sexual Disorientation
http://www.americanw...
If I had a thing for my gun
April 9, 2009 - 09:47 ET by IndyAdamIf I had a thing for my gun cabinet, should I be heralded for having "SAFE sex"?
object ho?
April 9, 2009 - 10:37 ET by right_is_rightSo she's been passed around by a bridge, the Eiffel Tower, a bow, and F-15 fighter jets (plural)...
What a skank!
April 9, 2009 - 11:50 ET by mizflame98She probably carries a new STD: RUST!
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
My girlfriend is a dike
April 9, 2009 - 10:40 ET by right_is_right"My girlfriend is a dike in Holland."
"You mean she's a 'dyke'?"
"No. She's literally a dike."
→ Your girlfriend
April 9, 2009 - 10:43 ET by Cool ArrowI caught her with a little dutch boy.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Little Dutch Boy
April 9, 2009 - 11:35 ET by Rukus..and what he was doin'! Tsk, tsk! Just shameful!
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
cool & rukus
April 9, 2009 - 11:42 ET by MrShySpeaking of little dutch boys, we have one posting now... who flies, and calls himself a man not a boy, but is dropping some pretty nonsensical poops (posts, sorry) here on NB.
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
→ Saw that, Shy
April 9, 2009 - 11:45 ET by Cool ArrowSays he's going to have "Deliverance" projected on his lap so his son can watch.
AKA "Flaming Dutchman"?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
You mean a can of paint,
April 9, 2009 - 11:53 ET by right_is_rightYou mean a can of paint, right?
→ Sorry
April 9, 2009 - 11:56 ET by Cool ArrowBut you've been cuckolded by a dike.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Washington Monument
April 9, 2009 - 11:57 ET by SeashellI kind of have a thing for the Washington Monument. Wonder what that means?
(Sorry, I couldn't resist)