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Shifting the objectifying gaze: Focusing on women's personality disrupts sexual objectification
By Marisa Ragonese I had a baby three summers ago, and she’s been hanging around me a lot ever since. One of the best parts about this...
sexgenlab
Sep 14, 20204 min read
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Listen to your heart: Focusing on your heart beat can protect against self-objectification for women
By Marisa Ragonese *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Oct 24, 20194 min read
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“Boys can be anything,” Or how Barbie limits girls’ career dreams
By Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization...
sexgenlab
Aug 8, 20194 min read
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Why do people objectify women’s bodies?
By Marisa Ragonese Illustration by Neil Webb I had a baby three summers ago, and she’s been hanging around me a lot ever since. One of...
sexgenlab
Jun 6, 20194 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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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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What's the link between reading Cosmo and self-sexualization?
by Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization...
sexgenlab
Feb 21, 20193 min read
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Judgments of self-sexualization on Facebook, or, too sexy to be smart
by Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization...
sexgenlab
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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Dealing with multiple marginalizations: How do low-income Black girls navigate sexualization?
by Marisa Ragonese *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Jan 10, 20195 min read
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#WaitressesToo: How do waitresses deal with sexualization?
by Jenn Chmielewski I was seventeen when I started my first and only waitressing job. It didn’t take long before I started to feel...
sexgenlab
Dec 17, 20184 min read
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Sexual objectification disrupts women's cognitive performance
by Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working...
sexgenlab
Nov 16, 20184 min read
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