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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...
Sep 14, 2020
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...
Oct 24, 2019
“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...
Aug 8, 2019
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....
Jun 6, 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
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
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...
Feb 21, 2019
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...
Feb 7, 2019
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...
Jan 10, 2019
#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...
Dec 17, 2018
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...
Nov 16, 2018
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