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Sexualized music videos, self-objectification, and wellbeing for girls
By Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
May 29, 20194 min read
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How do gender stereotypes affect girls' interest in pursuing STEM careers?
By Kim Belmonte *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to...
sexgenlab
May 22, 20195 min read
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Too sexualized to be taken seriously? How sexualization affects judgments about girls accomplishment
By Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization...
sexgenlab
May 15, 20194 min read
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Does exposure to sexual media impact attitudes and beliefs about sex?
By Laura Hooberman At a recent family event, I was talking to a twelve-year old relative, who asked me, unprompted, if I had seen the...
sexgenlab
May 13, 20193 min read
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Self-objectification discourages activism: "Objects don't object"
By Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
May 8, 20195 min read
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How does trans-based discrimination affect romantic relationships?
By Bianca Valle Growing up in a strict latinx household, romantic relationships with boys and talks of sexuality were a bit of a taboo....
sexgenlab
May 6, 20194 min read
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How do bullying and sexual harassment impact girls' feelings about school?
By Kim Belmonte *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to...
sexgenlab
May 2, 20194 min read
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Hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people do happen and have real impacts
By Tasnia Ahmed In a society where unjust double standards about victimization exist, white, straight people and men in particular,...
sexgenlab
Apr 29, 20194 min read
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Imposter Syndrome and Women of Color: How race and gender stereotypes impact high achieving women
By Kim Nguyen Illustration by Jon McCormack I’m in my fourth year of a Ph.D. program and have been harboring a shameful secret – that I...
sexgenlab
Apr 25, 20197 min read
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Twitter Contributes to Misinformation on Sexual Assault
By Laura Hooberman Illustration by Eleni Kalorkoti Hibernating from the cold last month, I binge watched the excellent new docu-series...
sexgenlab
Apr 22, 20194 min read
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Open Relationships: Questioning tradition and creating your own connections
By Maria Owen When I say “open relationship,” what comes to your mind? For me, this label used to be the equivalent of settling. It...
sexgenlab
Apr 15, 20194 min read
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How do women deal with sexualized work environments?
By Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Apr 11, 20195 min read
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Tensions between Spiritual and Sexual Identities
By Maria Owen My Lebanese background defined my childhood in a lot of ways. It meant exciting stories from my grandmother about what it...
sexgenlab
Apr 8, 20195 min read
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How does porn shape girls' understandings of sex
By Laura Hooberman A few months ago, I was with a group of friends, discussing what we recalled of the sexual education we received as...
sexgenlab
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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Sexual objectification as everyday trauma
By Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization...
sexgenlab
Mar 28, 20194 min read
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Resilience from child sexual abuse trauma
By Tasnia Ahmed Trigger Warning. I read the two words as I was scrolling through Instagram and paused to look at the post of a young girl...
sexgenlab
Mar 25, 20194 min read
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Sexualization in social media profile pictures
By Marisa Ragonese *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Mar 20, 20195 min read
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Oh, Playboy: Sexual objectification and the playboy ideal
By Maria Owen James Bond, Tony Stark, Chuck Bass – all these characters have one big thing in common: they are playboys. Not only do they...
sexgenlab
Mar 18, 20194 min read
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Sexual objectification in romantic relationships is related to lower relationship satisfaction
By Steph Anderson *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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#Notallmen: Is there anything positive about traditional masculinity?
By Jessica Lin The recent #MeToo-inspired Gilette commercial has stirred up quite the controversy with responses ranging from positive...
sexgenlab
Mar 2, 20194 min read
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