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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 classes I...

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...

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...

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...

#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...

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...

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