If you've ever been objectified, you know that it doesn't feel great. For me, it brings on a queasy mix of shame and long-burning anger when my humanity is denied in this way. But what if there's more ...

According to objectification theory, women become culturally desexualized during midlife and have the opportunity to let go of their propensity to self-objectify. In young women, self-objectification ...

Dozens of published studies suggest that women do worse, and feel worse, after self-objectifying - that is, focusing on their own appearance. Social psychologists Barbara Fredrickson (University of ...

It is no secret that, throughout the ages, women’s bodies have been the source of nearly constant objectification. The ubiquity of social media has further enabled this objectification, as women’s ...