feeling erotically invisible

Grownkid

Grownkid & Joy Coalition

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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is it a bad thing to want to be desired for your body, some might say sexualized? in this episode we talk about feeling erotically invisible, aka the annoyance and frustration that comes with feeling like we have nothing to physically offer. we talk about feeling overlooked sexually, why physical validation feels different, and how it affects our self perception.join our social club: https://grownkid.typeform.com/to/eZhvsKGH?typeform-source=grownkid.comovershare with us: grownkid.comAbout our Partners: Grownkid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 Reasons Why to Unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to Grown Kid. I'm Gail. And I'm Kayla.
0:15.0	And it's Valentine's Day, basically. So we feel erotically invisible.
0:23.2	There's no other way to put it.
0:24.6	There's like, we do not.
0:28.3	Some people, this might sound really terrible, but I want to be sexualized.
0:34.6	Well, sexualize is the wrong word.
0:36.8	Objectified.
0:37.4	I want to be objectified. Well, okayize is the wrong word. Objectified. No. I want to be objectified. Well, mm. Okay, well, that's the wrong word.
0:42.3	Como say, Dice? Um, I just want to feel wanted.
0:46.3	Physically desired.
0:48.3	Desirable. Conventional.
0:50.3	But when you say desirable, are you just overall or physically?
0:54.4	Alright, here's the thing.
0:55.2	You know how like motherfuckers on TikTok are doing the whole like, um, is she deer pretty or wolf pretty or cat pretty?
1:02.2	Don't piss me on.
1:03.2	Right?
1:04.2	So like same thing for men.
1:05.5	You know, it's like, oh, is he cute, handsome, sexy, or fine?
1:09.5	And I'm just like, like, like, low key. I think I'm just like a little cutie pie. You're just a low-kitty-patootie. I'm just a little cutie patootie. And I'm like, shit, like, this is what you all see me as. Can someone see me as like, fuck, he's fine as fuck? He's so fine. He's such a fucking sex object. Like I need a...
1:29.7	Oh my god. Do you ever get like me as like, fuck, he's fine as fuck, he's so fine. He's such a, he's such a fucking sex
1:27.6	object. Like, I need a... Oh my God. Do you ever get like, just like secondhand jealousy or just
1:33.3	jealousy when you see somebody go viral because they're dead ass just pretty? Oh, yes. Or like
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