You often hear the term "objectification" to describe media depictions of women, but it also comes from a less expected source: women themselves. Over the course of their lives, there are many subtle ...

Most of us grew up with media, environments, and interpersonal interactions suggesting that women’s value is tied to their looks and sexual appeal to men. This is known as sexual objectification (SO), ...

Objectification is a form of relational trauma that is often overlooked in therapy. Instead of a full person with their own thoughts, feelings, and needs, objectification means treating someone as an ...

In a recent paper, Bernard and colleagues report that sexual objectification is not driven by revealing clothes, but by suggestive postures. 1 Background information We are constantly exposed to ...

I have a serious issue- an issue that I believe all men, all over the world are also faced with. Last night I went out for drinks with a friend at a local bar in Soho. My friend was there with some of ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Vargas Saenz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

It has been suggested that sexually objectified women or men are visually processed in the same fashion of an object. Far from being unanimously accepted, this claim has been criticized by a lack of ...