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Gender stereotypes in children's toys and media
By Julia Leask Illustration by Renee Klahr As we progressed through the lectures in my social psychology and human sexuality...
Jun 3, 2019
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...
May 29, 2019
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...
May 22, 2019
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...
May 15, 2019
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...
May 13, 2019
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...
May 8, 2019
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...
May 6, 2019
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...
May 2, 2019
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,...
Apr 29, 2019
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...
Apr 25, 2019
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...
Apr 22, 2019
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...
Apr 15, 2019
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...
Apr 11, 2019
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...
Apr 8, 2019
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...
Apr 1, 2019
Sexual objectification as everyday trauma
By Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled...
Mar 28, 2019
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...
Mar 25, 2019
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...
Mar 20, 2019
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...
Mar 18, 2019
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...
Mar 7, 2019
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