Even pickup artists can’t think of women as objects, since the only way they can be successful is by interacting with women in accordance with a certain model of the female psyche.
I would also hazard a guess that people who are “naturally good with women” objectify women more than people who use PUA techniques. Without the benefit of careful analysis, respect for the “goals or interests or personhood” of the picked-up turns out to be detrimental: many “naturals” flounder when they have to abandon their “tried and tested” rules-of-thumb and seek an intimate relationship.
I would also hazard a guess that people who are “naturally good with women” objectify women more than people who use PUA techniques. Without the benefit of careful analysis, respect for the “goals or interests or personhood” of the picked-up turns out to be detrimental: many “naturals” flounder when they have to abandon their “tried and tested” rules-of-thumb and seek an intimate relationship.