Jonb, I am actually trying to make a point, so I'll do that, then express my personal feelings.
What you say makes perfect sense, of course. The point I was trying to make, although admittedly I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder about it, is that women haven't LIKED being "just a piece of meat" either, but to many, many men- we are just that! Now, I'm not talking about you personally, or the majority of the enlightened posters on this site, but out there in the real world, it has been the norm and still is in many ways even today.
Now, I have no desire to make a man feel the negative self image feelings that I and other women feel, but I do feel free to talk about what I like physically, just as men do. Some men like larger breasts, some like small perky ones, some like tall women, some like short- but what they all have in common is that they feel perfectly free to talk about women in the PHYSICAL, completely divorced from whether she's "a nice girl". They talk about WHAT physical traits they like in women separate from WHO they would like to spend time with. If you don't do this personally, I commend you, but that hardly negates the rest of the world.
Okay, as for me personally, I like big dicks. No real size requirement, but big. I like them better than small ones, that's my right. I'm not in or looking for a relationship right now, but if I ever do, it will be something I would prefer (sexual preference), not that I would turn my back on someone I felt very compatible with who was of average size. But at my age, the prospect of remaining single is not a bad thing, so I doubt I'd get into a serious relationship unless the guy truly knocked me off my feet in many of my preference areas- otherwise I doubt I'd be willing to give up my freedom. Oh yeah, the rest of the preferences I wouldn't do without are: intelligence, humor, sarcasm, (prefer) tall and thin, not attatched to material possessions, free spirit, strong sex drive, musician, poet or poetry enthusiast, seeker. Oh yeah, hetero too! That's not too tall an order, is it?
*makes plans to learn to crochet so as to fill up empty hours to come...*