Sexual Objectification of Women: Advances to Theory and Research

Objectification theory provides an important framework for understanding, researching, and intervening to improve women's lives in a sociocultural context that sexually objectifies the female body and equates a woman's worth with her body's appearance and sexual functions. The purpose...

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Published inThe Counseling psychologist Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 6 - 38
Main Authors Szymanski, Dawn M, Moffitt, Lauren B, Carr, Erika R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Park SAGE Publications 01.01.2011
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Appearance
Counseling psychology
Cultural Context
Drug abuse
Females
Feminism
Gender Issues
Human Body
Interpersonal Attraction
Intervention
Objectification theory
Self Concept
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Social Environment
Social Theories
Sociocultural factors
Substance Abuse
Theory
Women
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Summary:Objectification theory provides an important framework for understanding, researching, and intervening to improve women's lives in a sociocultural context that sexually objectifies the female body and equates a woman's worth with her body's appearance and sexual functions. The purpose of this Major Contribution is to advance theory, research, practice, and training related to the sexual objectification of women. The purpose of this article is to introduce readers to objectification theory and related research, extend objectification theory to our understanding of women's substance use and/or abuse and immersed forms of sexual objectification via sexually objectifying environments, and provide an overview of this Major Contribution on Sexual Objectification of Women. (Contains 1 figure.)
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ISSN:0011-0000
1552-3861
DOI:10.1177/0011000010378402