A series of three studies found that women who are more prone to self-objectification tend to have reduced empathy, both affective and cognitive. These women were also more likely to experience ...

A new study suggests that gratitude might be the most effective way to combat feeling objectified. A new study published in the Journal Of Positive Psychology explores how feeling and showing ...

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 ...

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 ...

When feminists decry the objectification of women, most people immediately think of the images that saturate our magazines, movies, adverts and the Internet, of women in varying stages of undress, ...

Peter Koval receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Elise Holland works for Our Watch, Australia's national foundation to prevent violence against women and their children. Michelle ...

To sexually objectify a woman is to focus on her body in terms of how it can provide sexual pleasure rather than viewing her as a complete human being with thoughts and feelings. While objectification ...

In response to gym harassment and objectification, many women have been trying out single sex gyms. Some gym-goers say women's-only gyms provide a safe, supportive environment. However, experts ...