Sexual objectification – seeing or treating a person as a sexual object – has been the topic of considerable investigation. Building from a long- standing recognition of the poten- tial importance of culture in sexual objectification, this paper focuses on the extent to which people in different parts of the world objec- tify themselves and others. We explored sexual objectification amongst 588 people in seven diverse nations (i.e., Australia, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, the UK, and the USA). Participants completed standard measures of self- and other-objectification. The results revealed that culture did affect self- and other-objectification, with objectification emerging more robustly in Australia, Italy, the UK, and the USA than it did in India, Japan, and Pakistan. These findings help support theoretical claims that culture matters for sexual objectifi- cation. Future research directions are discussed.

Exploring the role of culture in sexual objectifcation: a seven nations study / Loughnan, S.; Fernandez, S.; Vaes, Jeroen Andre Filip; Anjum, G.; Aziz, M.; Harada, S.; Holland, E.; Singh, I.; Puvia, E.; Tsuchiya, K.. - In: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE PSYCHOLOGIE SOCIALE. - ISSN 0992-986X. - 28:(2015), pp. 125-152.

Exploring the role of culture in sexual objectifcation: a seven nations study

Vaes, Jeroen Andre Filip;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Sexual objectification – seeing or treating a person as a sexual object – has been the topic of considerable investigation. Building from a long- standing recognition of the poten- tial importance of culture in sexual objectification, this paper focuses on the extent to which people in different parts of the world objec- tify themselves and others. We explored sexual objectification amongst 588 people in seven diverse nations (i.e., Australia, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, the UK, and the USA). Participants completed standard measures of self- and other-objectification. The results revealed that culture did affect self- and other-objectification, with objectification emerging more robustly in Australia, Italy, the UK, and the USA than it did in India, Japan, and Pakistan. These findings help support theoretical claims that culture matters for sexual objectifi- cation. Future research directions are discussed.
2015
Loughnan, S.; Fernandez, S.; Vaes, Jeroen Andre Filip; Anjum, G.; Aziz, M.; Harada, S.; Holland, E.; Singh, I.; Puvia, E.; Tsuchiya, K.
Exploring the role of culture in sexual objectifcation: a seven nations study / Loughnan, S.; Fernandez, S.; Vaes, Jeroen Andre Filip; Anjum, G.; Aziz, M.; Harada, S.; Holland, E.; Singh, I.; Puvia, E.; Tsuchiya, K.. - In: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE PSYCHOLOGIE SOCIALE. - ISSN 0992-986X. - 28:(2015), pp. 125-152.
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