Potential implications of the objectification of women's bodies for women's sexual satisfaction |
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Authors: | Rachel M Calogero J Kevin Thompson |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NP, UK;2. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA |
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Abstract: | The present study tested a sociocultural model of women's sexual satisfaction grounded in Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). One hundred and one college women attending university in the UK completed measures of media internalization, body surveillance, body shame, sexual self-esteem, and sexual satisfaction. Consistent with predictions, the results of a path analysis indicated that greater internalization of appearance ideals from media sources leads to more body surveillance, which leads to higher body shame and lower sexual self-esteem, which, in turn, predicts less sexual satisfaction (only reached marginal significance for sexual self-esteem). In addition, body surveillance and body shame directly predicted sexual satisfaction. These results further implicate the sociocultural practices that objectify women in the disruption of women's experiences of sexual satisfaction. |
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