Media representations play an important role in producing sociocultural pressures. Despite
social and legal progress in civil rights, restrictive gender-based representations appear to …

Sexual objectification (treating a person as a body or collection of body parts) involves a
cultural prioritizing of women's sexual appearance and appeal over other attributes. Sexual …

Self-objectification, defined as an excessive focus on one's physical appearance over non-
observable qualities, has attracted considerable attention from feminist scholars. In the …

Objectification theory has been instrumental in better understanding risk for eating disorders,
depression, and sexual dysfunction, with self-objectification and body shame as serial …

Sexual objectification (ie, reducing a person to their appearance, body, or sex appeal and
functions) is a significant risk factor for negative health outcomes. In the present …

Although women outlive men, women report poorer self-rated physical health over much of
the lifespan. Objectification theory may offer insight into this gender difference. Objectifying …

Abstract The framework of Objectification Theory recognizes the unique experiences of
being a woman in a society that often sexually objectifies their bodies. Women who …

When discussing body shame, the focus tends to be on young adults and teenagers, as
individuals in these age groups often present more observable body image issues …

When individuals internalize the idea that their body is evaluated based on attractiveness,
feelings of body shame and body surveillance (self-objectification) emerge as well as …

With the increasing popularity of engaging in selfie behavior and posting them on various
online platforms, there is a growing concern that such behavior may result in the heightened …