Sexually objectifying women leads women to objectify themselves, and harms emotional well-being
- Written by Peter Koval, Academic, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
In our research, one-third of women experienced sexual objectification at least once.From shutterstock.com
How does a woman feel when a man wolf-whistles at her from across the street? Or when a male coworker gives her body a fleeting once-over before looking her in the eye?
These examples may seem relatively innocent to some, but our research has...