In a recent UK Sunday Times interview, Cameron Diaz raised eyebrows, ticked off feminists, and otherwise got people questioning the star’s understanding of her own vocabulary. In the midst of, like, prattling on, like, a 14-year-old girl, like, would, she managed to cogently express: “I think every woman does want to be objectified. There’s a little part of you at all times that hopes to be somewhat objectified, and I think it’s healthy.”

Hmmmmm . . . perhaps she didn’t mean “objectified” but instead meant “admired,” or “visually appreciated,” or maybe even “ogled on occassion.” Could she be that stupid, really? Or, could she be a genius? I’m going to take the positive let’s-turn-this-lemonade-into-a-party route and say genius. But before any feminist hackles get raised, hear me out . . .

Who among us hasn’t developed a state of Overosis — where you feel overtired, overworked, overstressed, over-whatever? Who hasn’t reached the point where you just wanted to be left alone, with no responsibilities and no expectations put upon you? Who hasn’t sat on the toilet much longer than she needed to just because that was the one door lock that actually worked to keep people away from you? Wouldn’t it be great to be objectified during those times (ok, so maybe NOT while you’re on the toilet, but on some other throne)?

Imagine it — you could sit on a pretty lounge chair somewhere in a spa-like setting, perhaps eating a little chocolate or petting your dog, maybe even wearing these shoes:

because God knows you can’t actually do  anything in them but sit.

If you were objectified, you would be looked at and valued only for how you looked, which means no one would speak to you therefore no one would tell you they just spilled fruit punch on the only bit of white carpeting in the house. No one could ask anything of you, which means no requests for overtime at work, no entreaties to be taken to the mall, no need to even think of the supermarket.  And no one would expect things like food or clean laundry to be done by you.

You could simply be a work of art. And since the meaning and level of beauty in a piece of art depends on the artist’s perspective (in this case that would also be you), you wouldn’t even have to shower first (unless you wanted to, of course).

Ah, yes, to be objectified every once in a while could be a good thing, yes?

So let’s not get too upset with Cameron. She may have been having a bad day (the poor thing did arrive at the interview just after a spa treatment and acupuncture session). Perhaps she, too, was over stressed, couldn’t take it anymore and was trying to believe in the fantasy of happy objectification.