"The Market"

This isn't meant to be a rant, but a question as to what we really think about the colloquialisms we use on the regular. To be "on the market" is to be out there, single, ready to mingle, but it really means the same thing as when a piece of produce or a slab of meat is on the market; we are to buy it, consume it, use it.

So do we see ourselves and our perspective mates as cattle or something equally as consumable and used? It would make sense in the age of the sayings, "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free"; if it must be explained: the "cow" in this instance would be the woman, and the "milk" would be the benefits of having a woman friend (I use euphemisms here because I do not wish to sound crude).

When we did that happen? When did we decide that it was okay to compare women to animals? I don't mean to make this a gender debate about equality, but just quickly while I'm on the topic, why the hell did anyone like the song "Blurred Lines", when it was clearly degrading to women?

Back to the topic at hand, I am not on "the market", nor will I ever be on "the market" for consumption.

So, do you actually think about what things mean or do you just say it?