Sexual objectification versus empowerment: Examining the effects of sexualized women’s facial expression on viewers’ evaluations of social cognition and self-objectification

• Published in: Body image Vol. 50; p. 101721
• Main Author: Vendemia, Megan A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Body Image - psychology; Empowerment; Facial Expression; Facial prominence; Female; Gender stereotypes; Humans; Middle Aged; Objectification; Self Concept; Sexualization; Social Cognition; Social Perception; Sociocultural beauty ideals; Young Adult; Facial prominence; Sociocultural beauty ideals; Gender stereotypes; Objectification; Sexualization; Social cognition

Objectification scholarship highlights how traditional media portrayals oftentimes direct attention toward women’s bodies and away from their faces which communicate important social information. This study sought to investigate how thin-ideal, white women’s facial expression potentially attenuates...