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Puvia, Elisa. "A feminine look at female objectification: Makeup and self-objectification, sexy women and their dehumanization." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422034.

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The present work aimed to get a better understanding of sexual female objectification (Bartky, 1990; Frederickson & Roberts, 1997). When objectified, a woman is put on a par with her body or body parts resulting in a loss of her personality and individuality. We have examined both the cognitive consequence of the objectification of the self on woman’s self-perception and the possible motivations that lead women to consider sexually objectified female targets as not fully human beings. Chapter 2 tested the hypotheses that applying makeup could be a self-objectifying practice that in turn cou

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Comaroto, Maryanne. "Re-visioning the Feminine| Unveiling the Cultural Shadow of Female Sexual Objectification." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10812410.

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<p> Concerned with the unconscious, embodied experience of heterosexual women affected by female sexual objectification (FSO), this research takes a depth psychological, somatic approach to addressing the Western cultural split between mind and body. This study explores the archetypal, thematic material constellating in the dynamics of FSO, its traumatogenic effects, and women’s internalization of FSO as a psychosocial survival strategy. It asks the question: How can FSO be ameliorated, bringing the rejected body and sacred feminine sexuality out of the shadow and back into consciousness

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Mamabolo, Mokgaetji Philistus. "Self-objectification, cultural identity, body dissatisfaction, and health-related behaviours among female among female African University Students." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3069.

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Thesis (M.A. (Clinical Psychology)) --University of Limpopo,2019<br>Sociocultural pressures, including the thin-ideal internalization, and other aspects of self-objectification, are associated with body dissatisfaction. However, there is limited research regarding the association between self-objectification and engagement in health related behaviours among African females. A quantitative study was conducted with a sample of 411 female African university students from the University of Limpopo, South Africa to investigate the relationship between internalisation of sociocultural beauty standar

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Phillips, Sarah Ramby. "The Development of Disordered Eating Among Female Undergraduates: A Test of Objectification Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84267/.

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Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) has been used to explain how mechanisms related to socialization, sexual objectification, and psychological variables interact to predict mental health difficulties. Among a sample of 626 undergraduate women (age 18-24), this study empirically tested components of Moradi and Huang’s (2008) model and extended it by including additional socialization experiences (i.e., sexual abuse, societal pressures regarding weight and body size). Structural equation modeling analyses suggested that the model provided a good fit to the data and the model wa

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Bailey, Dorie. "Beefing Up the Beefcake: Male Objectification, Boy Bands, and the Socialized Female Gaze." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/743.

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In the traditionally patriarchal Hollywood industry, the heterosexual man’s “male gaze,” as coined by feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, is the dominant viewing model for cinematic audiences, leaving little room for a negotiated reading of how visual images are created, presented, and internalized by male and female audiences alike. However, as Hollywood’s shifting feminist landscape becomes increasingly prevalent in the mainstream media, content incorporating the oppositional “female gaze” have become the new norm in both the film and television mediums. Through an extended analysis of the

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Kibbe, Mackenzie R. "Factors Influencing the Relationship Between Instagram Use and Female Body Image Concern: An Extension of Objectification Theory." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu150048751624449.

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Morawitz, Elizabeth. "Effects of the Sexualization of Female Characters in Video Games on Gender Stereotyping, Body Esteem, Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194117.

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Content analyses indicate that women and girls are gender-stereotyped and negatively portrayed in video games, yet, to date, no research has examined the effects of exposure to these images on consumers. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of sexualized (stereotypical) and non-sexualized (counter-stereotypical) portrayals of female characters in video games on players' self-esteem, gender stereotyping, body esteem, self-objectification, and self-efficacy. Social cognitive theory and presence are utilized to explicate the processes through which individuals are aff

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Jensen, Marissa D. "The Way to a Man’s Heart Is through His Stomach: Male Consumption and Female Social Edibility in Laços de família by Clarice Lispector." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8929.

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Critics of Clarice Lispector often identify feminist themes relating to voice, gender, and the male gaze in her creative work. Lispector’s collection of short stories Laços de família demonstrates the way patriarchal society sets limits on the identity of women. Laura Mulvey’s concept of “the male gaze” provides a useful tool for understanding how men marginalize, objectify, and subordinate women through visual regimes of control, yet Mulvey’s concept does not fully encapsulate the scope of male oppression explored in Laços de família. In fact, Lispector draws upon a variety of senses and meta

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Gränglid, Olivia Signe Afrodite. "Misogyny in the Marshlands : female Characterization in Seamus Heaney’s “Bog Queen” and “Punishment”." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-22122.

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This essay argues that the depiction of women in Seamus Heaney’s poems “Bog Queen” and “Punishment” results from the male gaze in three ways: the narrative viewpoint, stereotypical characterization, and the objectification of the female body. The following essay analyses the poems through an ecofeminist perspective that enables examination of the female characters as personifications of nature – “Bog Queen” as Mother Earth and the victim of “Punishment” as Nerthus, the fertility goddess. The analysis explores three areas; historical context, ‘The Feminine Principle,’ and Nussbaum’s list of ‘Fe

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Milosavljevic, Filip, and Philip Wernersson. "Kvinnliga superhjältar i en maskulin värld : En jämförelse av tre kvinnliga superhjältar på film och i tv-serier mellan 1974 - 2020." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44038.

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In this essay, we examine how three female superheroes in movies are portrayed and how that role has changed over time. We have chosen to examine Wonder woman, Supergirl and Black widow. The time period exanimated was a period between 1974 and 2020. The time period was chosen by availability to material from real feature movies and TV series. The purpose of the essay is to investigate whether there are any general differences in how female superheroes have been portrayed in movies and in TV series during the specified time period. What we examine is whether they have been sexualized, both in a

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Kirsten, Doret Karen. "Subclinical eating disorder in female students : development and evaluation of a secondary prevention and well-being enhancement programme / Doret Karen Kirsten." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1073.

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The first aim of this study was to develop a research based, integrated, secondary prevention programme, called the Weight Over-concern and Well-being (WOW) programme, for the reduction of Subclinical Eating Disorder (SED) symptoms, associated traits and negative mood states, and the promotion of psychological well-being (PWB) in female students. Consequently the second aim was to determine the effectiveness of the WOW-programme on its own, in comparison with a combined Tomatis Method of sound stimulation (Tomatis, 1990) and WOW-programme, regarding the reduction of SED-symptoms, associated tr

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Kubichan, Jill. "Do it Yourself: A Content Analysis of Free Pornographic Tube Sites." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3035.

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In 2008 it was reported that there are approximately 28,258 internet users viewing pornography every second, and that men look at pornography online more than any other subject matter (Eberstadt 2009). Pornography has become a primary tool of sex education for young men (Bowater 2011) with the average age of first exposure being age 11 (Stefan 2012). However, research on viewer understanding and interpretation of the images is scarce. What are boys learning about sexuality as they watch pornography? Do they use pornography as a ‘how-to’ manual expressing a desire to mimic the onscreen act o

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Nyström, Frida, and Mimmi Forsberg. "Is Sexism in Advertising really Necessary? : A quantitative study about Women's Attitudes towards Quality Attributes within the Female Fast Fashion Industry." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-83739.

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Advertising is constantly surrounding us in different shapes, meaning that companies need to stand out in order to invoke people's attention. Advertising reflects the society's current norms which means that the media and society's values affect each other (Fagerström & Nilsson, 2008). Women have for a long time been objectified and presented in stereotypical roles since sexism is a common component in advertising (Grau & Zotos, 2016). An industry that is frequently being accused of promoting an asymmetrical image of women's bodies is the fast fashion industry (Fay & Price, 1994).

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Viljoen, Estella. "From Manet to GQ: a critical investigation of ‘gentlemen’s pornography’." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23114.

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This thesis offers a reading of GQ South Africa 2000, the first glossy men’s magazine to be launched in South Africa (in 2000). It traces the possible iconographical genealogy of glossy men’s magazines to canonical erotic artworks and examines the aesthetic conventions used by GQ to elevate its contents through an implied association with art. This thesis, furthermore, investigates the commonalities between GQ, a ‘mainstream’ publication, and ‘pornography’ (as defined by the United States Civil Rights Ordinance 1985). In this way, the fluid impermanence of ‘art’, ‘pornography’ and ‘popular cul

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Kessler, Kelly L. "Self-Objectification, Body Image, Eating Behaviors, and Exercise Dependence among College Females." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30477/.

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The purposes of this study were to examine the associations between (a) self-objectification, (b) body shame, (c) appearance anxiety, and (d) exercise dependence. Participants (N = 155) completed a demographic questionnaire and a survey packet including the Body Surveillance subscale and Body Shame subscale of the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale, Appearance Anxiety Scale, Eating Attitudes Test 26, and the Exercise Dependence Scale. Correlations were conducted revealing associations between self-objectification, body shame, appearance anxiety, and eating attitudes. Associations were also

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Leighton-Herrmann, Ellyn. "A Mixed-Methods Examination of Racial Differences in Females' Perceptions and Experiences of Sexual Objectification." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3485.

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Sexual objectification has become a pervasive problem, negatively affecting the mental and physical health of many women. Understanding the influence of visual media, social-support networks and social interactions on young women's health is essential to addressing issues related to objectification. We do not have an in-depth understanding of how Black and White young adult women make meaning of objectification. Further, the existing literature suggests that experiences of objectification are likely different for Black and White women. The current research employed two studies, one qualitative

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Leighton-Herrmann, Ellyn. "The impact of culture on self-objectification and risky appearance management behaviors in college females : a path analytic model /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (197.14 KB), 2010. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2010/masters/leightee/leightee_masters_04-20-2010_1.pdf.

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Kahumoku, Emily Pearl Vazsonyi Alexander T. "Objectification culture a study of the relationships between objectified body consciousness, mental health, body image and risky sexual behavior in adolescent females /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Human_Development_and_Family_Studies/Thesis/Fessler_Emily_35.pdf.

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Sarda, Elisa. "Les effets des jeux vidéo à contenu sexiste sur l'objectivation de la femme et sur les stéréotypes de genre." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAH026/document.

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Dans notre société les femmes sont souvent réduites à leur apparence physique (i.e. elles sont objectivées) et sont la cible de différentes conduites sexistes. Le sexisme et l’objectivation de la femme sont fortement véhiculés par les médias et plus particulièrement par les jeux vidéo. Nous savons que les jeux vidéo peuvent influencer les conduites des joueurs, mais l’influence des jeux vidéo sur la vision négative de la femme est assez mal connue. Dans cette thèse nous étudions une possible relation entre l’utilisation des jeux vidéo sexistes et la vision négative de la femme, et nous nous in

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Chang, Chien Ching-Ling, and 張簡景鈴. "Objectification and Anti-Objectification: A Research on Photographic Images of Female body." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65071117066632208467.

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碩士<br>國立屏東教育大學<br>視覺藝術學系碩士班<br>101<br>This research studies the photography of Taiwanese male and female artists, analyzing the “objectified” female body image and uncovering its implications. First, the researcher attempts to clarify the definition of “objectification” through literature review, to explain how men see women as objects or commodities when they look at female body image. Second, theories of feminism, psychoanalysis and sociology are used to analyze the subjectivity and identity of female photographers toward their own bodies. Finally, the researcher discusses the psychological

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Pribyl, Ashley Marian. ""Pretty women" : urban crisis and female objectification in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeny Todd." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22701.

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Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was produced during a time of great political and economic uncertainty in New York City. Although not overtly political, the themes of urban crisis and class inequality that birthed the original legend of Sweeney Todd in Industrial Revolution London continued to play a large role within the modern musical, reflecting leftist political concerns at large. The main political argument within the work is the critique of class hierarchies created by capitalism and how the upper classes abuse the lower clas

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Michael, Nadia. "Is feminism keeping up with the Kardashians? Female celebrities’ portrayal of beauty and its influence on young females today." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42027.

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The ultimate objective of this study was to establish whether female celebrities portray the beauty ideal and have influence over young females today. The literature review presents an analysis of feminism, beauty ideals, self-‐ objectification, and the influence of media and celebrities, in an attempt to establish whether celebrity images are of a ‘self-‐made’ hypersexual nature and whether these images influence young females’ self-‐concept and role in society. The literature was further triangulated with a combination of primary and secondary data. Images of females within the famous Kar

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Kaptein, Simone A. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall a study of objectification theory in female exercisers /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR32054.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Psychology.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-148). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004 & res_dat=xri:pqdiss & rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation & rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR32054.

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Nolan, Lyndsey. "Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample." Thesis, 2010. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15503/.

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Attractiveness, and associated thinness, continues to be the determinant of social acceptance and desirability for most women in Westernised societies. The way in which females are objectified through social attitudes and gender ideals, highlights the importance of attractiveness in through which women gain social status, acceptance and power. Failure to achieve this ideal has been linked to increased body surveillance, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating behaviour(s). While many women express body dissatisfaction and negative self-talk, fewer women actually engage in disordered eatin

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Nolan, Lyndsey. "Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample." 2010. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/15503.

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Hinz, Antonia Sophia. "Women between waves of change: a visual analysis of the female surfer." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/39584.

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This paper is concerned with how surf brands display females who surf through the companies’ visual narrative, which has been repeatedly linked to issues of gender discrimination and objectification, and how such a narrative is perceived by active female surfers. In particular, the paper explores the visual language published on the most relevant surf brands’ websites and focusses not on fashion, but rather on the section of surf gear. The brands Billabong, RipCurl, and Quiksilver/Roxy were chosen based on an analysis of their size and influence on the surf scene. The paper continues

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Perez, Nancy Pilar. "Roles of women in advertising : the objectification of women and the shift to an empowering ad frame." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22407.

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This report examines the sexualization and objectification of women in print advertising, and the consequences of these depictions. The major themes found in advertising are discussed, and their role in reinforcing sexism and female stereotypes. Advertising’s impact on society’s attitudes, beliefs, and behavior in relation to social comparison theory and cultivation theory are examined. The report examines historical implications of women’s role in advertising and the gradual shift to new trends in advertising that seek to empower women. Through content analysis of the 2005 Nike Real Women cam

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Bitomsky, Jade. "(Re)scripting Femininity with a Female Gaze – Female Gender Representation in Neo-noir Script, The Lonely Drive." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42457/.

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This creative research project consists of a thesis and neo-noir film script entitled The Lonely Drive which explores the representation of women in neo-noir – a largely patriarchal genre that continues to perpetuate the male gaze and endorses female objectification. It aims to challenge neo-noir’s stereotypical gender roles through (re)presenting female (the femme fatale) and male (the detective) character archetypes. The Lonely Drive specifically explores some of the ways in which we can (re)present the femme fatale to promote her agency, activity, rationality and logic. It engages with the

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Tufenkjian, Viken. "Eventual benefits : kristevan readings of female subjectivity in Henry James’s Late Novels." Thèse, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/14113.

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Koláčková, Martina. "Jak ženy v České republice reflektují způsob zobrazování žen v reklamě." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-435416.

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Master thesis The Czech Women's view on representation of women in advertisement focuses on the way advertisement reproduces gender stereotypes and sexism in the society. The analysis examines the view of female audience on this matters. The role of advertisement, gender roles and gender stereotypes, sexism and feminism are introduced in the beginning of this thesis. Main traits of sexism in advertisement are described. Possible impact of stereotyped and sexist advertisement on its viewers is demonstrated by introducing results of field related analyses. Based on interviews' analysis with sele

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Funk, Roni Stiller. "Sexual harassment and disordered eating symptomatology in females objectification, silencing, and symbolic expression of self /." 2005. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/funk%5Froni%5Fs%5F200505%5Fphd.

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