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    It is not the case that If the Other's gaze constitutes me as an object, the structure of intersubjectivity is asymmetric and conflictual, not the mutual relational disclosure the claim assumes.

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    • 1.Recognition can preserve subjectivity; being seen need not mean being reduced to object-status if the other's gaze affirms agency.
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    • 2.Asymmetry doesn't preclude meaningful relation; parent-child bonds show deep connection despite unequal vulnerability and perspective.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'being objectified' with 'being treated as mere object,' but situated embodiment allows both simultaneously without conflict.
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    • 1.Sartre demonstrated that being seen reduces subjects to objects in their own consciousness, creating fundamental tension in encounters.
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    • 2.Mutual recognition requires each party to simultaneously subject and objectify the other, which creates inherent logical and experiential contradiction.
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    • 3.Power asymmetries in perception mean one party's gaze can dominate without reciprocal vulnerability, preventing true mutuality.
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