There is a world of difference between, say, cattitude watching me happily while I stretch, which I sometimes do naked, and someone ogling a stranger on the street and making sure she (or he) is aware of that.

Very true, but then, everything you've said is well said. I suppose I could give the original speaker the benefit of the doubt, that he's using some meaning of "objectification" that I'm not, but I'm not sure I feel like it. *smile*