Dance numbers from the 1990s to the contemporary have seen a steady rise in objectification of the female body across choreography, camera placements and lyrics.

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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 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. "Imagine if a man said that to a woman?!" It's the off-the-shelf response used by many men whenever ...

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 ...

Understanding the psychology behind objectification might help us fight back. Source: pixabay, no attribution required Let's talk about objectification. At any given moment, according to a recent ...

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, ...

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 ...