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Want a satisfying relationship? Don't present yourself as a sex object

  • Written by Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Chair and Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
imageIs objectification bad – if you welcome sexualized attention?Lionsgate AMC

When Joan Holloway – the bombshell office worker on the show “Mad Men” – enters a room, she knows she looks good and is going to turn heads. Every morning, Joan meticulously does her makeup and hair and puts on a skintight dress. The men in her...

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